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PlanetJet Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Looking for a term

Hi,
What do you call the phrase that we hyphenate and insert in a middle of a sentence that is almost out of context but still related to the sentence. Sorry I'm a bit inarticulate. I'll explain it with a sentence, if that didn't make sense.
Example: No. I would love to go, but as you know I do not like the idea of bumping into her.

What is the term for (as you know)? Is there a term? Another thing is, do we consider it as a sentence? Do we capitalize the first letter?

Regards,
Jet
  

Top answer

I'd probably call it an interpolation . I don't see any hyphens in your example. Perhaps you mean dashes at the start and end.

— Clive

  • I'd probably call it an interpolation .
  • I don't see any hyphens in your example.
  • Perhaps you mean dashes at the start and end.
  • Commas are fine, at least in this example.
  • It's not a separate sentence, so no capital.
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I'd probably call it an interpolation.

I don't see any hyphens in your example. Perhaps you mean dashes at the start and end. Commas are fine, at least in this example.

It's not a separate sentence, so no capital.
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Yes. Sorry! There was a dash but somehow when I posted it, it disappeared. I think that is the word I was looking for though. It's for when there is a pause in a sentence, correct? Thanks a lot!
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No, a comma represents a pause.
An interpolation -- oops, I've spilled my coffee on my keyboard -- is usually a few words that are unexpectedly inserted into a sentence.

Clive
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Hi Clive,
Thank you very much! I think I understand now.

Cheers,
Jet
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