In 2013, Daylight Saving Time in the United States started the second Sunday in March and

ended the first Sunday in November adding up to almost eight months. ^

 

P-6b, c, f Dashes, Parentheses, Slashes

Edit each of the following sentences to insert dashes, parentheses, or slashes, where

necessary. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book.

EXAMPLE

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1. Because of the tilt of Earth on its axis, the length of daylight changes seasonally more hours

in summer, fewer in winter across most of the planet.

2. You can guess the last word of R. L. Stevenson’s poem: “In winter I get up at night And

dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way . . .”

3. When Daylight Saving Time starts in the spring, those who work during the daytime gain an

hour of light after work.

4. Areas that use Daylight Saving Time also called Daylight Savings Time put clocks forward in

spring and then backward in the fall.

5. Modern Daylight Saving Time DST was first proposed in 1895 by an entomologist.

6. George Vernon Hudson 1867–1946 wanted more daylight in which to collect insects after he

finished his day job.

7. The idea was not implemented until World War I, when Germany and Austria-Hungary

adopted DST Sommerzeit in German in 1916 to save energy.

8. The United States first used DST in 1918. Today, not all of the country does so notably,

Hawaii and part of Arizona do not.

9. Near the equator where the sun rises and sets at about the same time all year long nations

generally do not use DST.

10. That DST is used by only a small number of people is obvious when you learn one fact

Asian and African countries generally do not adopt it.

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