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Delimiter between question and answer:

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  • Each line maps to a question.
  • If the delimiter is used in a question, the question should be surrounded by double quotes: "My, question","My, answer"
  • The first answer in the multiple choice question must be the correct answer.

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Punctuation: And yet, when the car was finally delivered ___ nearly three months after it was ordered _____ she decided she no longer wanted it.
em dash or comma
Punctuation: I have very little time to learn the language ___ my new job starts in five weeks.
colon :
I didn't know where I was. Then, I asked a passer-by. NOT UNTIL
Not until I asked a passer-by, did I know/realise where I was.
When I saw her fight him, I was surprised at how strong she was. What is the syntactic function of "surprised at how strong she was"?
Subjective complement of the verb to be.
We have no idea how he is going to react. (There + be + no+ gerund)
There is no telling what his reaction will be. (or similar)
The game has to start soon. (It is imperative ... subjunctive)
It is imperative that the game start soon.
"Please do sit beside Charles, Anne", Jane insisted. (reported speech and the subjunctive)
Jane insisted that Anne sit beside Charles.
They seemed to follow a fixed route, ___________ they returned to the same flowers at regular, short intervals.
whereby
One reason for the decision would appear to stem from sales, or lack __________.
thereof
I objected to going to see the show. We went anyways. (notwithstanding)
We went to see the show, my objections notwithstanding.
Punctuation: Some people write with a word processor ___ others write with a pen or pencil.
; semicolon
She might hear us. Speak quietly. (lest)
Speak quietly lest she (should) hear us.
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