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Exciter Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
comma and
Hello,
I have some question about the use of dash (or hyphen?).
1. If I need to indicate a sentence in a sentence so that the main clause gets more clear to the reader, than I can put the sub clause between two dahses.
Am I right?
What is then the difference of using two commas in between the sub clause is placed?
2. I sometimes encounter that some authors use one "dash" just in the begining of the sub clause.
How many dashes should one use? One in the begining, or one in the begining and another at the end?
3. Should there be any space between the dash and the first letter of the sub clause?
Like
the car is green
or
- the car is green -
?
I would appreciate if you could answer these questions one by one.
And moreover, I would appreciate if you could provide more information about the dash use, if I have missed something above.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
exciter
I have some question about the use of dash (or hyphen?).
1. If I need to indicate a sentence in a sentence so that the main clause gets more clear to the reader, than I can put the sub clause between two dahses.
Am I right?
What is then the difference of using two commas in between the sub clause is placed?
2. I sometimes encounter that some authors use one "dash" just in the begining of the sub clause.
How many dashes should one use? One in the begining, or one in the begining and another at the end?
3. Should there be any space between the dash and the first letter of the sub clause?
Like
or
- the car is green -
?
I would appreciate if you could answer these questions one by one.
And moreover, I would appreciate if you could provide more information about the dash use, if I have missed something above.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
exciter
Top answer
1. When you want to set off a sub-section of your sentence to embed another sentence or phrase, you can use commas, parentheses or dashes. For example: I'll meet you at the Starbucks -- the new one one Elm Street -- after class, okay?
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- When you want to set off a sub-section of your sentence to embed another sentence or phrase, you can use commas, parentheses or dashes.
- For example: I'll meet you at the Starbucks -- the new one one Elm Street -- after class, okay?
- If you are embedding an entire sentence -- and I've seen that used by fiction writers more than other types of writers -- you may be better off with parentheses, which give clearer signals to your readers where the embedded part begins and ends.
- 2.
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1. When you want to set off a sub-section of your sentence to embed another sentence or phrase, you can use commas, parentheses or dashes. For example: I'll meet you at the Starbucks -- the new one one Elm Street -- after class, okay?
If you are embedding an entire sentence -- and I've seen that used by fiction writers more than other types of writers -- you may be better off with
If you are embedding an entire sentence -- and I've seen that used by fiction writers more than other types of writers -- you may be better off with
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