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0As I understand it, the word 'over' in your sentence is a prefix meaning 'too much'.0-

0 It's hard to tell because your editing has made the sentence loose its context. It may mean "above".0-

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01cite10Bokeh12cite10It's hard to tell because your editing has made the sentence loose its context.12blockquote

10I don't think its context would help you much this time, but for your infomation, here is the entire parapraph.02br
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0 The problem for me is the punctuation which is certainly not English and therefore is very confusing to a native English speaker.02br
01i00Some obstacles, over sexism, a lack of role models and peer support, are impediments in most scientific and technical fields.02br
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02i00Some obstacles: over sexism, a lack of role models and peer su

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01cite10Bokeh12cite10The problem for me is the punctuation which is certainly not English and therefore is very confusing to a native English speaker.12br
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10Surprising!02br
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00You native speakers will see such dashes as wrong? How come??0-

0 Any punctuation in a text that does not have a standardized accepted meaning is going to be confusing no matter what language it is in.0-

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11cite20Bokeh22cite20The problem for me is the punctuation which is certainly not English and therefore is very confusing to a native English speaker.22br
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20Surprising!12br
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01font10How do you interpret the 'over' above? What is the meaning of it?12font12blockquote

10Oh, good! An easy one! 'in addition to', 'besides'.02br
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0 I assumed Taka's dashes were intended to be 'em dashes':02br
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00 As regards Taka's sentence, I think it is just plain poorly worded and therefore it is difficult to be sure what the writer meant by 'over'. To me, it is not the use of dashes that makes it hard to understand. I agree with Conchita that the intended meaning of 'over' could be 'too

0Hi,02br
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01i00Some obstacles---02i01font01i00over02i00 sexism, a lack of role models and peer support---are impediments in most scientific and technical fields.02font02br
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01font00I don't think the meaning here is 'too much sexism'. If it were, it