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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
dash
Hi
Please tell me if the dash is correctly used here.
From the interaction with the parents, it seems a good number of them do not spend any time with their children in the evenings- some have not seen the answer scripts and in some cases the students have not shown them the answer scripts.
Please tell me if the dash is correctly used here.
From the interaction with the parents, it seems a good number of them do not spend any time with their children in the evenings- some have not seen the answer scripts and in some cases the students have not shown them the answer scripts.
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You have typed a hyphen not a dash. A dash looks like – or — (different styles). Also, when you put spaces around a dash, put one before and after, not just after.
- You have typed a hyphen not a dash.
- A dash looks like – or — (different styles).
- Also, when you put spaces around a dash, put one before and after, not just after.
- The use of a dash in that place is acceptable, but personally I would begin a new sentence at "Some".
- Also I would put a comma after "answer scripts".
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You have typed a hyphen not a dash. A dash looks like – or — (different styles). Also, when you put spaces around a dash, put one before and after, not just after.
The use of a dash in that place is acceptable, but personally I would begin a new sentence at "Some". Also I would put a comma after "answer scripts".
The sentence implies that students not showing parents the scripts
The use of a dash in that place is acceptable, but personally I would begin a new sentence at "Some". Also I would put a comma after "answer scripts".
The sentence implies that students not showing parents the scripts
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Thank you, GPY.
What I meant is this: In some cases the students have hidden the answer
GPYThe sentence implies that students not showing parents the scripts is not the only reason why parents may not have seen the scripts. I wonder whether that is true.I understand the point. It made me think. Though there seems to be reason for that, it sounds illogical.
What I meant is this: In some cases the students have hidden the answer
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vsureshI understand the point. It made me think. Though there seems to be reason for that, it sounds illogical.What I meant is this: In some cases the students have hidden the answer script and given no clue to them that they have given. And in some cases the parents though they have known that they have been given, have not bothered to go though them.In that
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GPYIn that case, I think that something like "read through" would be better than "seen". You could also say "... have not even shown ..." to emphasise the distinction.Thank you. I will do it.
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