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 midoforever
 
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							| Dear Friends,   Is this sentence correctly punctuated?   Most cities in China such as the capital Beijin and Shanghai and other cities are overcrowded.   |  14 Apr 2016      
					
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 Larateacher
 
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							| HI ! I think there should be a comma after China and another one after cities.      MOST CITIES IN CHINA, SUCH AS THE CAPITAL BEIJIN AND SHANGHAI AND OTHER CITIES, ARE OVERCROWDED.  |  14 Apr 2016     
					
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 tashaleks
 
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							| Personally I would use hyphens in this example.   Most cities in China - such as the capital Beijing, Shanghai and many others - are overcrowded.   I changed a couple of words too but just ignore them if you wish - I �m very picky!   |  14 Apr 2016     
					
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 yanogator
 
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							| Those should be dashes, not hyphens. A hyphen is used within a multiple-part word. A dash is used between words.   Bruce  |  14 Apr 2016     
					
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