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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise P7-3
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Edit the following sentences to correct errors in hyphenation. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below.
Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
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Gold is the seventy-ninth element in the periodic table.
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Answer: Correct
2 of 5
The swiftly-moving tugboat pulled alongside the barge and directed it away from the oil spill in the harbor.
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Answer: The swiftly moving tugboat pulled alongside the barge and directed it away from the oil spill in the harbor.
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The Moche were a pre-Columbian people who established a sophisticated culture in ancient Peru.
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Answer: Correct
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Your dog is well-known in our neighborhood.
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Answer: Your dog is well known in our neighborhood.
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Road-blocks were set up along all the major highways leading out of the city.
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Answer: Roadblocks were set up along all the major highways leading out of the city.