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In each sentence, revise one or more punctuation marks to reflect correct usage.

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1. Question
What looked like a typical runaway case—turned into a horrible child-abuse case.
- What looked like a typical runaway case, turned into a horrible child-abuse case.
- What looked like a typical runaway case turned into a horrible child-abuse case.
- What looked like a typical runaway case—turned into a horrible child abuse case.
- What looked like a typical runaway case, turned into a horrible child abuse case.
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Smith said three carbon-dating efforts indicate the site was used about 4,000 years ago and one fire pit is 7,300 years old (scientists say the research proves only that there was a fire and that none of those dates is linked to human activity).
- Smith said three carbon-dating efforts indicate the site was used about 4,000 years ago and one fire pit is 7,300 years old; scientists say the research proves only that there was a fire and that none of those dates is linked to human activity.
- Smith said three carbon-dating efforts indicate the site was used about 4,000 years ago and one fire pit is 7,300 years old—scientists say the research proves only that there was a fire and that none of those dates is linked to human activity.
- Smith said three carbon-dating efforts indicate the site was used about 4,000 years ago and one fire pit is 7,300 years old. (Scientists say the research proves only that there was a fire and that none of those dates is linked to human activity.)
- Smith said three carbon-dating efforts indicate the site was used about 4,000 years ago and one fire pit is 7,300 years old (scientists say the research proves only that there was a fire and that none of those dates is linked to human activity).
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“I was on tour in the Silicon Valley today, and every house I saw was over $1,200 a square foot,” the home’s listing agent John Smith said.
- I was on tour in the Silicon Valley today, and every house I saw was over $1,200 a square foot, the home’s listing agent John Smith said.
- "I was on tour in the Silicon Valley today, and every house I saw was over $1,200 a square foot", the home’s listing agent John Smith said.
- "I was on tour in the Silicon Valley today, and every house I saw was over $1,200 a square foot", the home’s listing agent, John Smith, said.
- "I was on tour in the Silicon Valley today, and every house I saw was over $1,200 a square foot," the home’s listing agent, John Smith, said.
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The comedian said, “I never dreamed that I’d one day have—well, two things, really—an indoor toilet, and a job as host of this show.”
- The comedian said, "I never dreamed that I’d one day have—well, two things, really: an indoor toilet, and a job as host of this show."
- The comedian said, "I never dreamed that I’d one day have-well, two things, really-an indoor toilet, and a job as host of this show."
- The comedian said "I never dreamed that I’d one day have—well, two things, really—an indoor toilet, and a job as host of this show."
- The comedian said, "I never dreamed that I’d one day have—well, two things, really—an indoor toilet, and a job as host of this show".
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Viewers called his performance “fantastic,” “awesome” and another called it “the best opening shows of any host.”
- Viewers called his performance "fantastic", "awesome", and another called it "the best opening shows of any host".
- Viewers called his performance "fantastic" and "awesome," and another called it "the best opening shows of any host."
- Viewers called his performance "fantastic," "awesome" and another called it the best opening shows of any host.
- Viewers called his performance "fantastic," and "awesome," and another called it "the best opening shows of any host."
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