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Victo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Dashes and Two-Sentence Slogans

Do the dashes (versus the parentheses) look correct as well? You don't see these commonly uttered phrases in written text that often. Do these look OK?
  • Utica Club's 1965 corporate slogan -- "We drink all we can. The rest we sell." -- had a significant impact back then.
  • Utica Club's 1965 corporate slogan ("We drink all we can. The rest we sell.") had a significant impact back then.
  • Best Buy's slogan -- "Thousands of possibilities. Get yours." -- helped increase sales.
  • Best Buy's slogan ("Thousands of possibilities. Get yours.") helped increase sales.
  • MasterCard's slogan -- "There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard." -- was a catchy one.
  • MasterCard's slogan ("There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard.") was a catchy one.
  • The slogan -- "Have a break. Have a Kit Kat." -- was tremendously popular.
  • The slogan ("Have a break. Have a Kit Kat.") was tremendously popular.
  • Kit Kat's corporate slogan -- "Give me a break! Give me a break! Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar!" -- was an infection seventies ad.
  • Kit Kat's corporate slogan ("Give me a break! Give me a break! Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar!") was an infection seventies ad.
  

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According to Purdue , dashes are appropriate and emphasize the enclosed content more than parentheses. S. Use infectious (adjective), not infection (noun)

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  • According to Purdue , dashes are appropriate and emphasize the enclosed content more than parentheses.
  • S.
  • Use infectious (adjective), not infection (noun)
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According to Purdue, dashes are appropriate and emphasize the enclosed content more than parentheses.

P.S. Use infectious (adjective), not infection (noun)
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So you agree that all of the punctuation with the dashes looks OK? Thanks very much, AlpheccaStars!!
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