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RRMR

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Which of the following statements does NOT illustrate the correct use of parentheses?
 
  A. As clearly stated in the report, we have increased our production capacity. (Please refer tothe attached document.)
 B. Rachel Toms (She's the customer relationship manager) is the person whom you shouldcomplain to.
 C. I want to see the final draft of the report (is it on this floppy disk?) and ask Sam to quicklyproofread it.
 D. When they met last month (at a common friend's wedding), they exchanged their cell phone numbers.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of punctuation marks at the end of quotations in a sentence?
 
  A. Commas are always inside the closing quotation mark.
  B. Semicolons are inside or outside the closing quotation mark depending on the context of asentence.
 C. Periods are outside the closing quotation mark irrespective of the context of a sentence.
  D. Exclamation points are never placed inside the closing quotation mark.



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Answer to Question 1

B
The statement that does not illustrate the correct use of parentheses is Rachel Toms (She's
the customer relationship manager) is the person whom you should complain to. The correct
way to write this statement is Rachel Toms (she's the customer relationship manager) is the
person whom you should complain to.

Answer to Question 2

A
Periods and commas are always inside the closing quotation mark. Colons and semicolons
are always placed outside the closing quotation mark. Question marks and exclamation points
may be placed either inside or outside the closing quotation mark, depending on whether or
not the question mark or exclamation point is part of the quotation.




RRMR

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Reply 2 on: Jun 23, 2018
Gracias!


amcvicar

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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