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In each pair, choose the sentence that does not contain any punctuation errors.

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◯ The last two lines of the old Valentine verse say it all: “Sugar is sweet, / And so are you.”
◯ The last two lines of the old Valentine verse say it all: “Sugar is sweet, And so are you.”
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◯ In studies in which mothers gazed down at their infants in their cribs but remained facially unresponsive, for example, not smiling, laughing, or showing any change of expression, the infants responded with intense weariness and eventual withdrawal.
◯ In studies in which mothers gazed down at their infants in their cribs but remained facially unresponsive (for example, not smiling, laughing, or showing any change of expression), the infants responded with intense weariness and eventual withdrawal.
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◯ There are three points of etiquette in poker: 1. Always allow someone else to cut the cards, 2. don’t forget to ante up, and 3. never stack your chips.
◯ There are three points of etiquette in poker: (1) Always allow someone else to cut the cards, (2) don’t forget to ante up, and (3) never stack your chips.
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◯ In the movie Lifeboat, director Alfred Hitchcock appears (some say without his knowledge) in a newspaper advertisement for weight loss.
◯ In the movie Lifeboat, director Alfred Hitchcock appears [some say without his knowledge] in a newspaper advertisement for weight loss.
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◯ Masahiro poked through the contents of his backpack—laptop, digital camera, guidebook—to make sure he was ready for a day’s study at the Ryoanji Temple garden.
◯ Masahiro poked through the contents of his backpack, laptop, digital camera, guidebook, to make sure he was ready for a day’s study at the Ryoanji Temple garden.
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