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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What is the rule for using hyphen to separate a thought in a sentence?
What is the rule for using hyphens in a sentence. For example. Past farming practices – among them lack of crop rotation, use of pesticides, and plant growth supplements – not only exacerbated the degradation of soil, but continue trouble farmers who would change to more environmentally friendly methods.
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Hi, What is the rule for using hyphens in a sentence. For example. Past farming practices – among them lack of crop rotation, use of pesticides, and plant growth supplements – not only exacerbated the degradation of soil, but continue trouble farmers who would change to more environmentally friendly methods.
- Hi, What is the rule for using hyphens in a sentence.
- For example.
- Past farming practices – among them lack of crop rotation, use of pesticides, and plant growth supplements – not only exacerbated the degradation of soil, but continue trouble farmers who would change to more environmentally friendly methods.
- Let me offer just my personal opinion that it's best to avoid the use of dashes except in very informal contexts.
- In many cases where I see dashes, it just means that the writer has thought 'I can't be bothered to sort my thoughts out or to express them clearly, so I'll just let the reader sort it all out'.
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Hi,
What is the rule for using hyphens in a sentence. For example. Past farming practices – among them lack of crop rotation, use of pesticides, and plant growth supplements – not only exacerbated the degradation of soil, but continue trouble farmers who would change to more environmentally friendly methods.
Let me offer just my personal opinion that it's best to avoid the use
What is the rule for using hyphens in a sentence. For example. Past farming practices – among them lack of crop rotation, use of pesticides, and plant growth supplements – not only exacerbated the degradation of soil, but continue trouble farmers who would change to more environmentally friendly methods.
Let me offer just my personal opinion that it's best to avoid the use
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AnonymousWhat is the rule for using hyphens in a sentence.Just to be clear, the punctuation mark you are asking about (or seem to be asking about) is called a dash. A hyphen has a completely different purpose.
(For what it's worth, I'm happy with dashes -- in moderation, and when used correctly -- at all levels of formality.)
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Dashes are an acceptable form of creative writing and it does not mean you are not able to put your thoughts down on paper so you use the dashes. There is an en-dash and an em-dash and when used correctly - they assist the reader in following your thought process as you convey it in writing.
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