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Quick questions on Dashes and parentheses on ACT English
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What are the three ways to set off a nonessential element in the middle of a sentence, and what is the matching-pair rule? [Recall]
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A sentence reads "The professor (a Nobel laureate, retired last year." What is wrong, and how do you fix it? [Short explanation]
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