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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

dash - john

0 Can I say,02br
02br
00(a) Long ago, a village lived a poor man - John.02br
02br
00(b) Long time ago, there lived a poor man - John. 0-
  

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0 In this case, one would use the (em) dash, which can be better reproduced by 01b00double02b00 -02br
00(a) Long ago, a village lived a poor man -- John.02br
02br
00 (b) Long time ago, there lived a poor man -- John.02br
00in systems such as this. 0-
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0 Do you mean,02br
02br
00we can use double dash in writing? I'm not very sure. But, I never see double dash in writing or in any article. 0-
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1i00(a) Long ago, a village lived a poor man - John.02i02br
00Long ago, 01b00in 02b00a village lived a poor man - John02br
01i00(b) Long time ago, there lived a poor man - John. 02i00This is ok.0-
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0 Hi,02br
00(a) Long ago, a village lived a poor man - John.02br
02br
00(b) Long time ago, there lived a poor man - John.02br
02br
00An occasional dash is OK, but I recommend that you don't get into the habit of using them a lot. It can make your English writing seem jerky, lazy and even irritating to the reader. 02br
00You could si
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