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| | A) | The choir sang the minister's favourite song: "Amazing Grace." |
| | B) | The choir sang: the minister's favourite song: "Amazing Grace." |
| | C) | The choir sang the minister's favourite song "Amazing Grace." |
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| | A) | Goldie's Café serves my favourite dish: Hungarian goulash. |
| | B) | Goldie's Café serves my favourite dish: Hungarian goulash. |
| | C) | Goldie's Café serves my favourite dish Hungarian goulash. |
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| | A) | John is very acrobatic, he does splits with no effort at all. |
| | B) | John is very acrobatic: he does splits with no effort at all. |
| | C) | John is very acrobatic he does splits with no effort at all. |
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| | A) | Peter has many hobbies writing letters, reading mysteries, and collecting stamps. |
| | B) | Peter has many hobbies: writing letters, reading mysteries, and collecting
stamps. |
| | C) | Peter has many hobbies, writing letters, reading mysteries, and
collecting stamps. |
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punctuation. |
| | A) | The sky suddenly turned black the tornado was rapidly
approaching. |
| | B) | The sky suddenly turned black, the tornado was rapidly
approaching. |
| | C) | The sky suddenly turned black: the tornado was rapidly
approaching. |
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| | A) | All the classes were filled: there were twenty-six students in each. |
| | B) | All the classes were filled, there were twenty-six students in each. |
| | C) | All the classes were filled there were twenty-six students in each. |
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| | A) | The British North America Act of 1867 gave nationhood to four provinces Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia. |
| | B) | The British North America Act of 1867 gave
nationhood to four provinces: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. |
| | C) | The British North America Act of 1867 gave nationhood to four provinces, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova
Scotia. |
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| | A) | They will arrive at 10:00 a.m. |
| | B) | They will
arrive at 10.00 a.m. |
| | C) | They will arrive at 1000 a.m. |
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| | A) | The Bureau of Indian Affairs once had many functions: jurisdiction over Indian trade, removal of Indians to western reservations,
and administration of lands. |
| | B) | The Bureau of Indian Affairs once had many
functions. jurisdiction over Indian trade, removal of Indians to western reservations, and administration of lands. |
| | C) | The Bureau of Indian Affairs once had: many functions jurisdiction over Indian trade, removal of Indians to western
reservations, and administration of lands. |
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| | A) | Sylvia had a reason for being upset: she had lost her handbag. |
| | B) | Sylvia had a reason for being upset she had lost her handbag. |
| | C) | Sylvia had a reason for being upset, she had lost her handbag. |
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| | A) | The candidate made: an emotional speech. |
| | B) | The candidate made an emotional speech. |
| | C) | The candidate:
made an emotional speech. |
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punctuation. |
| | A) | He is in the top tax bracket he pays 46 percent tax
on his earnings. |
| | B) | He is in the top tax bracket he pays 46 percent tax: on his
earnings. |
| | C) | He is in the top tax bracket: he pays 46 percent tax on his
earnings. |
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Click on the sentence that uses punctuation correctly. |
| | A) | The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees women the right to vote "The right of a
citizen of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex." |
| | B) | The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees women the right to vote: "The right of a citizen of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex." |
| | C) | The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees women the right to vote, "The right of a citizen of the United States to
vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex." |
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