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Writerhopeful Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
The correct use of hyphenation
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01 font 00 I hope and pray in the end - GOD HEAR ME - when her health improves, she’ll have a change of heart and love me more. 02 font 02 br
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00 Please explain the proper use of hyphenation, or is this use not called hyphenation but something else? 02 br
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01 font 00 I hope and pray in the end - GOD HEAR ME - when her health improves, she’ll have a change of heart and love me more. 02 font 02 br
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00 Please explain the proper use of hyphenation, or is this use not called hyphenation but something else? 02 br
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02 br 02 br 00 Dashes are used to indicate a sudden break in thought — a parenthetical statement like this one — and are used in a similar way to a colon or set of brackets. 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 Dashes are used to indicate a sudden break in thought — a parenthetical statement like this one — and are used in a similar way to a colon or set of brackets.
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0 This is a 'dash', well, a pair of dashes. 02 br
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00 Dashes are used to indicate a sudden break in thought — a parenthetical statement like this one — and are used in a similar way to a colon or set of brackets. It can show an abrupt change of thought or be used where a full stop (period) would be too strong or a comma too weak. 0-
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00 Dashes are used to indicate a sudden break in thought — a parenthetical statement like this one — and are used in a similar way to a colon or set of brackets. It can show an abrupt change of thought or be used where a full stop (period) would be too strong or a comma too weak. 0-
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0 Thank you for your reply. Is my use correct in the sentence? Or should I have used commas instead. 0-
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