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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A long dash
An all-new journey begins, starring Sif...the Berzerker?! She may be a Lady, but girly ain't her style! When the latest crop of beasties beset Asgard, our sword-slinging heroine leads the battle charge - but that no-holds-barred zeal for glory may be the very thing that brings the realm down around her winged helm! Finding herself newly minted with an ancient version of the Berzerker spell, Sif returns to an unsuspecting Midgard...and with no patience for relative peace, starts putting out fires with gasoline! And things heat up even further when our heroine falls in with a group of brutal Asgardian savages - and joins them in their millennia-old battle against monsters! But can the berzerkers keep their bloodlust in check? Guest-starring the Superior Spider-Man and a collection of Marvel superstars!
1. I'd like to know what role the dashes before "but" and "and" play.
2. And I'd like to know whether "It is" has been omitted before "Guest-starring."
1. I'd like to know what role the dashes before "but" and "and" play.
2. And I'd like to know whether "It is" has been omitted before "Guest-starring."
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Dashes set off asides, text that has a weak connection to the main thought of the sentence. The dashes here just seem informal and sloppy punctuation. The exclamation mark at the end is an indication that the writer is consciously parodying the breathless announcements of movie posters (the paper kind that advertise movies).
- Dashes set off asides, text that has a weak connection to the main thought of the sentence.
- The dashes here just seem informal and sloppy punctuation.
- The exclamation mark at the end is an indication that the writer is consciously parodying the breathless announcements of movie posters (the paper kind that advertise movies).
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Dashes set off asides, text that has a weak connection to the main thought of the sentence. The dashes here just seem informal and sloppy punctuation.
The exclamation mark at the end is an indication that the writer is consciously parodying the breathless announcements of movie posters (the paper kind that advertise movies).
The exclamation mark at the end is an indication that the writer is consciously parodying the breathless announcements of movie posters (the paper kind that advertise movies).
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Thank you, deadrat, for your continuing support. 
The exclamation mark at the end is an indication that the writer i
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No, catch phrases starting "Guest starring" never contained or contemplated containing "it is" or "there is."
"Guest-starring the Superior Spider-Man and a collection of Marvel superstars!" is advertising-speak for "Spider Man and the Marvel characters are the guest stars in the work in question."
Let me correct myself here. The original phrase from movie posters i
"Guest-starring the Superior Spider-Man and a collection of Marvel superstars!" is advertising-speak for "Spider Man and the Marvel characters are the guest stars in the work in question."
Let me correct myself here. The original phrase from movie posters i
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Thank you, deadrat, for your continuing to answer.
Then, I'd like to know whether I can call these as adjective phrases.
Then, I'd like to know whether I can call these as adjective phrases.
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Yes, you can because these phrases clearly modify the movie, TV show, or graphic novel under discussion. But here what's modified is buried back in the paragraph. They are really asides, parenthetical expressions using a shorthand from ad copy.
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