o, once compound words are closed or hyphenated they are counted as one word. If the compound word is open, e.g., "post office," it is counted as two words.
The answer is a because a summary is a shorter version of the reading
The answer is:
B) True, because otherwise people won’t understand what you are trying to say.
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