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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Accuracy -sentence within dashes.

Some style guides suggest using a full sentence in dashes is acceptable.

I just wanted to clarify this. Is there any rules or differences between US UK style on this subject.


Are these accurate.

As I feel the sentence starting with 'it' feels wrong as it usually begins a sentence in the context in which it is used here.


It was a cold morning- it happened to be Christmas-and I took the dog to the park; it was a nice day.

It was a cold morning which happened to be Christmas and I decided to take the dog to the park (it was nice day).

  

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Here's my opinion. It was a cold morning- it happened to be Christmas-and I took the dog to the park; it was a nice day. Don't mix dashes and semi-colons in a sentence..

— Clive

  • Here's my opinion.
  • It was a cold morning- it happened to be Christmas-and I took the dog to the park; it was a nice day.
  • Don't mix dashes and semi-colons in a sentence..
  • It was a cold morning which happened to be Christmas and I decided to take the dog to the park (it was a nice day).
  • Why not just structure your sentence like this?
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Here's my opinion.

It was a cold morning- it happened to be Christmas-and I took the dog to the park; it was a nice day. Don't mix dashes and semi-colons in a sentence..

It was a cold morning which happened to be Christmas and I decided to take the dog to the park (it was a nice day).

Why not just structure your sentence like this?

It was a c

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