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Are you ready to test your knowledge? Here are ten objective questions: 1. A colon typically comes after a complete sentence. 2. If you're using a computer, the proper spacing after a colon is two spaces. 3. If you have a single word after a colon, you should usually capitalize it. 4. Dashes can set off a phrase in the middle of a sentence. 5. Using two hyphens to make a dash is old fashioned. 6. A semicolon can separate two complete sentences. 7. A semicolon can separate a sentence and a phrase. 8. Usually leave out the comma before the word and in a list. 9. Commas always go inside quotation marks. 10. When you join two sentences with and, put a comma before the and. Your next stepWould you like to print a paper copy of the suggestions
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