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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Question on Line-Breaks in sentences

Hello all,
So, I have noticed there are lines of different lengths:
- (hyphen)
--
---

Therefore, I would like to know when to use them correctly.
For example, If I have this sentence...

"Tom and Mary were a couple-or so they say-who met in Canada."

Please help clarify. Thanks.
  

Top answer

The hyphen (single line) is used to join words (usually compound adjectives). The real vote-getter trick is to pay them to vote for you. The double line is a substitute for the dash (a long line) when it is not available on your machine.

— Doctor D

  • The hyphen (single line) is used to join words (usually compound adjectives).
  • The real vote-getter trick is to pay them to vote for you.
  • The double line is a substitute for the dash (a long line) when it is not available on your machine.
  • It is used for parenthetical expressions (asides).
  • Tom and Mary were couple- or so they say -who met in Canada.
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The hyphen (single line) is used to join words (usually compound adjectives).
The real vote-getter trick is to pay them to vote for you.

The double line is a substitute for the dash (a long line) when it is not available on your machine. It is used for parenthetical expressions (asides).
Tom and Mary were couple-or so they say-who met in Canada.

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Thanks for your helpful explanation! Emotion: smile
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I hope the example appeared correctly on your viewer. When I went back, I saw that it had converted the double dash into a cross-out. Let me try again with extra spaces put in to see if that keeps the double dashes.

Tom and Mary were a couple -- or so they say -- who met in Canada.
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