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X. Punctuation (Chapters 48-54)
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Exercise 54.2
Exercise 54.2
Insert appropriate punctuation if needed (parentheses, dashes, or commas) in the places marked in the following sentences.
This activity contains 10 questions.
In 1987, officials in the Guatemalan government and the US Drug Enforcement Agency__DEA__entered into an agreement to defoliate vast areas of Guatemala's north and northwest__a region that contains a wildlife refuge and the largest area of unplundered rainforest remaining in Central America.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
On the Internet are thousands of Usenet newsgroups, made up of people who communicate about almost any conceivable topic__from donkey racing and bird watching to sociology and quantum physics__.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
People look forward to communicating almost daily with others in their newsgroup, with whom they share personal, sometimes intimate, matters about themselves__even though they have "met" only electronically__.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
There is no theory that would have led anyone to expect that after World War II, Japan__with a religion that stressed fatalism, with two major cities destroyed by atomic bombs, and stripped of its colonies__would become an economic powerhouse able to turn the Western world on its head.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
Although the distinction between race and ethnicity is clear__one is biological, the other cultural people__often confuse the two.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
The United Nations defines seven basic types of families, including singleparent families, communal families__unrelated people living together for ideological, economic, or other reasons__, extended families, and others.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
By the late 1980s, the proportion of adult Americans who were single by choice or by chance__often after failed marriages__had increased to slightly over 25 percent of adult men and over 20 percent of adult women.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
If you were to go on a survival trip, which would you take with you__food or water__?
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
The key to a successful exercise program is to begin at a very low intensity, progress slowly__and stay with it__!
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
The three branches of the US government__the executive, the legislative, and the judicial are__roughly equal in power and authority.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
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