Title: Default for Exercise 6 – Punctuation: Colons, Semicolons, and Dashes
Course: Applied English for Science and Technology

Q: The three largest earthquakes occurred in: San Francisco, Tokyo, and Lima.
- in: San
- Tokyo, and
- No error
A: in: San
Feedback: The three largest earthquakes occurred in San Francisco, Tokyo, and Lima.

Q: According to Dr. D. Simpson [1986], a biologist at the Harvard Medical School, "Only 30,000 rads are needed for interphase death to occur in yeast cells".
- [1986], a
- School, "Only
- cells".
- No error
A: cells".
Feedback: According to Dr. D. Simpson [1986], a biologist at the Harvard Medical School, "Only 30,000 rads are needed for interphase death to occur in yeast cells."

Q: The synergistic reactor contains a chamber in which the exhaust from the burning coal mixes with limestone; see Appendix A.
- chamber in
- limestone; see
- No error
A: limestone; see
Feedback: The synergistic reactor contains a chamber in which the exhaust from the burning coal mixes with limestone, as discussed in Appendix A.

Q: The synergistic reactor contains a chamber in which the exhaust from the burning coal mixes with limestone - see Appendix A.
- chamber in
- limestone - see
- No error
A: limestone - see
Feedback: The synergistic reactor contains a chamber in which the exhaust from the burning coal mixes with limestone -- see Appendix A. The em-dash can be represented by two hyphens, but not one as in the original sentence.

Q: The synergistic reactor contains a chamber in which the exhaust from the burning coal mixes with limestone (See Appendix A.)
- chamber in
- limestone (See Appendix A.)
- No error
A: limestone (See Appendix A.)
Feedback: The synergistic reactor contains a chamber in which the exhaust from the burning coal mixes with limestone (see Appendix A).

Q: The absorption A is calculated by:
A = 1 - kR,
where k is the correction factor and R is the measured reflectance.
- by:
- where k
- factor and
- No error
A: by:
Feedback: The absorption A is calculated by A = 1 - kR, where k is the correction factor and R is the measured reflectance.

Q: Which of the following appear in italics?
- book title and title of journal article
- book title and title of periodical
- chapter title and title of periodical
- chapter title and title of journal article
A: book title and title of periodical
Feedback: Use italics for large documents: titles of books; titles of journals, periodicals, and newspapers; titles of reports longer than 75 pages; titles of full-length films; titles of record albums; and titles of large web sites.

Q: Which of the following appear in quotation marks (“”)?
- book title and title of journal article
- book title and title of periodical
- chapter title and title of periodical
- chapter title and title of journal article
A: chapter title and title of journal article
Feedback: Use quotation marks for short documents: chapter titles of books; article titles from journals, periodicals, and newspapers; titles of reports shorter than 75 pages; titles of short films; titles of songs; and titles of individual web pages.