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Question:
They read they studied and they reviewed, yet they could not define the term `onomatopoeia' on the English exam.
Answer:
The answer Correct is not correct.
Explanation:
You should punctuate the sentence as follows:
They read, they studied, and they reviewed, yet they could not define the term "onomatopoeia" on the English exam.
You need the comma after "read" to separate the items in the list. The comma after "studied" is optional. In North American usage, you should use double quotation marks around "onomatopoeia", but in British usage the single quotation marks are correct.
 

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