Which punctuation mark should be used in each sentence? i do not like , i love sweet potatoes. many people are confused by these punctuation colon, the semicolon, and the hyphen. after thinking about it for several days, i decided what i had to would apologize to mrs. potter. the day went by in an orderly was no trouble from any of the students. blank 1: . , ; blank 2: , : ; blank 3: . : - blank 4: , ; :

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Explanation:

1) When using "however" to combine two independent clauses into a single, compound sentence, you must use a semicolon before and a comma after however.

2) The colon is the only punctuation mark that can be used to introduce a list.

3) A dash is used in this case to connect two clauses in an abrupt way, characterizing the suddenness of the moment of decision.

4) Two independent clauses are typically joined into a sentence here with a semicolon.

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explanation:

i believe the answer is: b. mr. head had a long, tube-like face with a rounded open jaw and a short depressed nose.

this is because in the un-revised sentence it said that mr. heads face was long and tube-like, and he had a rounded open jaw. this is not a very grammatically correct because of how it seems to drag on with the and, replaced with, with, makes it sound more fluent in the description.