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Rosa1971 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Dashes
Hi there many thanks for your help yesterday. Can you help out one last time with the following sentence - if you could correct the punctuation in it and give me an expanation for it I would be exceedingly grateful.
Sentence reads
"Previous proof-reading experience is not essential, but a sound awareness of correct grammatical usage and that ever important eye for detail are - the positions may be casual, but the level of accuracy required certainly isn’t! "
I've got to put this advert out this afternoon and feel that it would make somewhat of a mockery of me (and the publication) if it's not right.
Thanks again
Rosa
Sentence reads
"Previous proof-reading experience is not essential, but a sound awareness of correct grammatical usage and that ever important eye for detail are - the positions may be casual, but the level of accuracy required certainly isn’t! "
I've got to put this advert out this afternoon and feel that it would make somewhat of a mockery of me (and the publication) if it's not right.
Thanks again
Rosa
Top answer
every important eye for detail are'. If that is not the purpose of the sentence after the dash, then a fullstop would be the next appropriate punctuation. Usually, the dash is used like a bracket: He wore a black shirt - the same one he wore last year - to the party.
- every important eye for detail are'.
- If that is not the purpose of the sentence after the dash, then a fullstop would be the next appropriate punctuation.
- Usually, the dash is used like a bracket: He wore a black shirt - the same one he wore last year - to the party.
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Hi,
From what I see, I believe a colon would be more appropriate (or perhaps a semicolon(?)), since it would seem the sentence after your dash defines or clarifies further '...every important eye for detail are'.
If that is not the purpose of the sentence after the dash, then a fullstop would be the next appropriate punctuation.
Usually, the dash is used like a brack
From what I see, I believe a colon would be more appropriate (or perhaps a semicolon(?)), since it would seem the sentence after your dash defines or clarifies further '...every important eye for detail are'.
If that is not the purpose of the sentence after the dash, then a fullstop would be the next appropriate punctuation.
Usually, the dash is used like a brack
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