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Short Answer
If you chose to quote from a text, please identify quotations (through use of quotation marks or
block indentation) and identify the source of your quotations or paraphrases to earn credit for your
answers: In parentheses, provide the title (TE or CMS) and page for TE and the chapter and
section number for CMS.
1. What are the standard uses for hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes?
2. What is a double compound?
3. Distinguish between acronyms and initialisms.
4. Provide the plural form for each of the following abbreviations:
Singular form
Plural form
in.
qt.
m
sec.
Hz
Punctuation
Use track changes (red for insertions) to insert punctuation into the following sentences:
5. How can the two women be reconciled was the question on everyones mind
6. Will the audience please rise
7. Before you hand in your quiz ask yourself whether it was worth your time
8. Many theories about the depletion of ozone have been proposed but at present two
main hypotheses are widely accepted the chemical mechanism and the dynamic
mechanism
9. Although he rejected the first proposal (he could not have done otherwise) he made
it clear that he was open to further negotiations
10. She asked herself why
True or false
Mark each statement true (T) or false (F).
11. Punctuation marks are printed in the same style or font as the text
immediately preceding them.
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Name(s)
Punctuation and abbreviations quiz
12. Typically a sentence precedes a colon; however, a fragment or a sentence may
follow the colon.
13. The primary purpose of punctuation is to make clear the author’s meaning.
14. When conjunctive adverbs join two independent clauses, the conjunctive
adverbs are functioning like coordinating conjunctions and the clauses are
punctuated similarly (i.e., they are joined by a comma placed before the
conjunctive adverb).
15. Formal usage requires that restrictive clauses begin with that and are not set
off with commas.
Bonus
16. If you had a question about use of abbreviations in a document in your subject
matter area (such as software development, medical writing, or literature—not
technical communication), what dictionaries or professional reference materials
would you consult? Explain.