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Joseph A Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation Mark

Hello everyone,

Could you please tell me if the punctuation mark "-" which looks like an "en dash" between "me" and "up" is used correctly in the following sentence?

As soon as Ben Gunn saw the flag on the stockade, he stopped walking. "Now", he said, "when you see your friends, tell the squire or the doctor to come and see me. You know where to find me - up in the woods where you saw me today.

Source: Treasure Island, Chapter I join the others (Jim Hawkins continues the story)



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Regards,

JA

  

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This was written over 100 years ago. I've no idea how a dash was regarded at that time. In modern English, some people like to use use a lot of dashes and some people don't.

— Clive

  • This was written over 100 years ago.
  • I've no idea how a dash was regarded at that time.
  • In modern English, some people like to use use a lot of dashes and some people don't.
  • Clive
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This was written over 100 years ago. I've no idea how a dash was regarded at that time.

In modern English, some people like to use use a lot of dashes and some people don't.

Clive

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Joseph ACould you please tell me if the punctuation mark "-" which looks like an "en dash" between "me" and "up" is used correctly in the following sentence?

It's an em-dash ( — ), or at least the way an em-dash looks in the typeface used by that publisher, and it's correct.

CJ

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I do believe that is actually the way Brits usually do an em dash even today. I do it differently—like that (ALT 0151).

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