Dashes and Parentheses

Dashes and Parentheses

The following sentences may require the use of dashes or parentheses. Identify which answer correctly adds dashes or parentheses as necessary. (If none are needed, select “correct sentence.”)

For help with this exercise, see section 35d.

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1. The lychee a native of southern China is a delicious tropical fruit.

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Dashes and Parentheses: The following sentences may require the use of dashes or parentheses. Identify which answer correctly adds dashes or parentheses as necessary. (If none are needed, select “correct sentence.”) - 1. The lychee a native of southern China is a delicious tropical fruit.

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2. It has a rough outer rind and juicy, white flesh. In fact, the flesh looks like a human eyeball.

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Dashes and Parentheses: The following sentences may require the use of dashes or parentheses. Identify which answer correctly adds dashes or parentheses as necessary. (If none are needed, select “correct sentence.”) - 2. It has a rough outer rind and juicy, white flesh. In fact, the flesh looks like a human eyeball.

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3. The seed dark brown and glossy is bitter to taste.

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Dashes and Parentheses: The following sentences may require the use of dashes or parentheses. Identify which answer correctly adds dashes or parentheses as necessary. (If none are needed, select “correct sentence.”) - 3. The seed dark brown and glossy is bitter to taste.

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4. During China’s Tang Dynasty, lychees often celebrated in poetry were said to have been the favorite fruit of the emperor’s concubine.

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Dashes and Parentheses: The following sentences may require the use of dashes or parentheses. Identify which answer correctly adds dashes or parentheses as necessary. (If none are needed, select “correct sentence.”) - 4. During China’s Tang Dynasty, lychees often celebrated in poetry were said to have been the favorite fruit of the emperor’s concubine.

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5. The concubine was so delighted by the fruit, the emperor ordered it delivered by courier from Szechuan a province in southern China to the capital of Chang-an.
<<*>> B. The concubine was so delighted by the fruit, the emperor ordered it delivered by courier from Szechuan (a province in southern China) to the capital of Chang-an.

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Dashes and Parentheses: The following sentences may require the use of dashes or parentheses. Identify which answer correctly adds dashes or parentheses as necessary. (If none are needed, select “correct sentence.”) - 5. The concubine was so delighted by the fruit, the emperor ordered it delivered by courier from Szechuan a province in southern China to the capital of Chang-an.