Punctuation

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Is a semicolon equivalent to a comma?

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False

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Semicolons, not colons, are used to introduce lists.

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False

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She said: "I went to the store yesterday."

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Colon

Front

Are semicolons used to join unrelated sentences?

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False

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The following sentence is correctly punctuated: The teacher will require a few things the first day of class: two red pens, a notebook, and pencils.

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True

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Is the sentence "We went to Tallahassee, Florida, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newark, New Jersey." correctly punctuated?

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False

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You can swap out hyphens with other types of dashes.

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False

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The following sentence is correctly punctuated:

We saw a six-centimeter caterpillar crawling on the branch.

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True

Front

Is the sentence 'The author was well-known.' correctly punctuated?

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False

Front

When would you use an ellipsis?

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To omit a word, phrase, line, etc., or to express hesitation or a change of emotion.