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Laynka Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Help with some sentences please
Hi, I have a few sentences I want to get just right but I'm really not good with grammar and can never decide whether to use hyphens, dashes or ellipses. Can anyone help me with these sentences please? -
"She was so nervously excited, and the party was still - at least - another three hours away."
With this one I really want to emphasize the "at least" and make it same like it's so long and taking ages to come. Should I put "at least" in hyphens, commas, maybe itallics or something else?
The second I'm unsure about is - "The night they'd been waiting for: the big prom."
Again how should I put the grammar before "the big prom". Hyphen, dash or something else.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
"She was so nervously excited, and the party was still - at least - another three hours away."
With this one I really want to emphasize the "at least" and make it same like it's so long and taking ages to come. Should I put "at least" in hyphens, commas, maybe itallics or something else?
The second I'm unsure about is - "The night they'd been waiting for: the big prom."
Again how should I put the grammar before "the big prom". Hyphen, dash or something else.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Laynka! Welcome... You want to use punctuation marks to put more emotion in your writing.
- Hi Laynka!
- Welcome...
- You want to use punctuation marks to put more emotion in your writing.
- While punctuation is important, it is not a substitute for good words.
- She was so nervously excited, and the party was barely moving at a snail's pace , at least another three hours away.
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Hi Laynka! Welcome...
You want to use punctuation marks to put more emotion in your writing. While punctuation is important, it is not a substitute for good words.
She wasso nervously excited, and the party was barely moving at a snail's pace, at least another three hours away.
The hypens or commas around "at least" do not convey the idea of the party
You want to use punctuation marks to put more emotion in your writing. While punctuation is important, it is not a substitute for good words.
She was
The hypens or commas around "at least" do not convey the idea of the party
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LaynkaHi, I have a few sentences I want to get just right but I'm really not good with grammar and can never decide whether to use hyphens, dashes or ellipses. Can anyone help me with these sentences please? -
"She was so nervously excited, and the party was still - at least - another three hours away."
With this one I really want to emphasize the "at le
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