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As promised, here are the answers to the Proofreading Fun quiz.
Challenge One: matching the characters to the names.
1D, 2E, 3A, 4F, 5B, 6G, 7H, 8C
Which is to say:
guillemet «
interrobang ‽
obelus ÷
pilcrow ¶
asterism ⁂
solidus /
hedera ❧
octothorpe #
Challenge Two: where would you hyphenate the following words?
bur-ied
can-opy
guard-ians
min-ute (tick tick, not tiny)
sau-téed
start-ling
strength (there’s the trick question I warned you about)
whee-dling
Congratulations to those who took part. No one has yet said anything opprobrious regarding the Oxford Comma, but I trust that those who harbour ill-will towards it will feel welcome here nonetheless.