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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise P7-5
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In each pair, choose the sentence that has no spelling errors.
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Example
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Correct. A hyphen should be used to connect two words functioning together as an adjective before a noun. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
Sorry. A hyphen should be used to connect two words functioning together as an adjective before a noun: still-smoking. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
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Correct. A hyphen should be used with the prefix self. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
Sorry. A hyphen should be used with the prefix self. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
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Correct. A hyphen should be used to connect two words functioning together as an adjective before a noun. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
Sorry. A hyphen should be used to connect two words functioning together as an adjective before a noun: well-known. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
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Correct. Hyphens should not be used to connect -ly adverbs to the words they modify. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
Sorry. Hyphens should not be used to connect -ly adverbs to the words they modify. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
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Correct. Written forms of fractions are hyphenated. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
Sorry. Written forms of fractions should be hyphenated: Two-thirds. For more help, see sections P7-d and P7-i.
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