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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Banff, Prince Albert, and Riding Mountain these are three—of my favourite national parks. |
| | B) | Banff, Prince Albert, and Riding Mountain —these are three—of my favourite national parks. |
| | C) | Banff, Prince Albert, and Riding Mountain —these are three of my favourite national parks. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | William Shakespeare, John Keats, William Butler Yeats—these are my favourite poets. |
| | B) | William Shakespeare—John Keats—William Butler Yeats—these are my favourite poets. |
| | C) | William Shakespeare, John Keats, William Butler Yeats these are my favourite—poets. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Agatha can be very generous. When she feels like it. |
| | B) | Agatha can be very generous—when she feels like it. |
| | C) | Agatha—can be very generous, when she feels like it. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven—I consider these three the greatest composers of all time. |
| | B) | Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven I consider these three the greatest composers—of all time. |
| | C) | Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven I consider these three—the greatest composers of all time. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits he used to watch these shows—into the early morning hours. |
| | B) | Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits—he used to watch these shows into the early morning hours. |
| | C) | Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits he used to watch these shows into the early morning hours. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Your pet parrot can be vicious especially—when she's pestered. |
| | B) | Your pet parrot—can be vicious especially when she's pestered. |
| | C) | Your pet parrot can be vicious—especially when she's pestered. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Gerald had to decide between two careers—demolition and architecture. |
| | B) | Gerald had to decide—between two careers demolition and architecture. |
| | C) | Gerald had to decide between two careers demolition—and architecture. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Mysterious, tantalizing, and nightmarish—these are the words I would choose to describe surrealistic paintings. |
| | B) | Mysterious, tantalizing, and nightmarish these are the words—I would choose to describe surrealistic paintings. |
| | C) | Mysterious, tantalizing, and nightmarish—these are the words—I would choose to describe surrealistic paintings. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Many people—if not everyone in my family should exercise more. |
| | B) | Many people if not everyone—in my family should exercise more. |
| | C) | Many people—if not everyone—in my family should exercise more. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | The advantages of living in the city—its museums, its theatres, its restaurants, its energy—should not be missed. |
| | B) | The advantages of living in the city its museums, its theatres, its restaurants, its energy—should not be missed. |
| | C) | The advantages of living in the city—its museums, its theatres, its restaurants, its energy should not be missed. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Despite medical advances, major new diseases—even epidemics continue to unleash suffering and death. |
| | B) | Despite medical advances, major new diseases—even epidemics—continue to unleash suffering and death. |
| | C) | Despite medical advances, major new diseases even epidemics—continue to unleash suffering and death. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | The Columbus expedition came across the Atlantic in three small boats—the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. |
| | B) | The Columbus expedition came across the Atlantic—in three small boats—the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. |
| | C) | The Columbus expedition came across the Atlantic—in three small boats the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | There are only two ways to avoid paying taxes—try to cheat the Canada Revenue Agency, which is very dangerous—or die. |
| | B) | There are only two ways to avoid paying taxes, try to cheat the Canada Revenue Agency, which is very dangerous, or die. |
| | C) | There are only two ways to avoid paying taxes—try to cheat the Canada Revenue Agency, which is very dangerous, or die. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | The new surgical procedure—is highly effective—especially among victims of heart attacks. |
| | B) | The new surgical procedure is highly effective—especially among victims of heart attacks. |
| | C) | The new surgical procedure—is highly effective especially among victims of heart attacks. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | The children—loved the clowns—especially the one who did magic tricks. |
| | B) | The children loved the clowns especially—the one who did magic tricks. |
| | C) | The children loved the clowns—especially the one who did magic tricks. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | The Greek civilization produced at least three great philosophers—Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. |
| | B) | The Greek civilization—produced at least three great philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. |
| | C) | The Greek civilization produced—at least three great philosophers—Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | A cynic might say—that there are only two kinds of people in this world, those who are rich and those who wish they were. |
| | B) | A cynic might say that there are only two kinds of people in this world—those who are rich and those who wish they were. |
| | C) | A cynic might say that there are only two kinds of people in this world those who are rich and—those who wish they were. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Star Wars, The Return of the Jedi, and The Empire Strikes Back—these are his favourite movies. |
| | B) | Star Wars, The Return of the Jedi, and The Empire Strikes Back these are his favourite movies. |
| | C) | Star Wars, The Return of the Jedi, and The Empire Strikes Back; these are his favourite movies. |
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Paying attention to the correct use of dashes, choose the best written item. |
| | A) | Violent, dirty, and hectic—this is what life in the city seems like to some people. |
| | B) | Violent, dirty, and hectic, this is what life—in the city seems—like to some people. |
| | C) | Violent, dirty, and hectic; this is what life—in the city seems like to some people. |
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