Which of the Following Is True About Standards for Punctuation

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about standards for punctuation in business writing?

• A) The en dash should be used to set off an element for emphasis.
• B) The em dash should be used to show interrupted thought.
• C) The en dash is longer than an em dash.
• D) The em dash is used to indicate ranges such as those that involve dates, times, or page numbers.
• E) A proper name used as a compound adjective needs hyphen or hyphens to hold it together as a visual unit for the reader.

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Definitions:

Stereocenters

Chiral centers in a molecule, points at which the molecule can adopt different spatial arrangements leading to different stereoisomers.

Stereogenic Centers

Atoms within a molecule that are bonded to four different substituents, giving rise to stereoisomerism.

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other and possess different physical and chemical properties.

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, differing in the arrangement of atoms around one or more stereogenic centers.