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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

whats the meaning of "-"

0 hello, im not quite sure whats the function of "-" (without the equotations) 02br
00ive seen it in books and it seemed like its used when you want to state a reason in your sentence.02br
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00example:02br
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00he went to his mom's house - to get some food.02br
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00correct me if im wrong because i dont quite have a clue as to what this function means, "-"02br
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00and if i had any grammer mistakes in this post, please correct me as well because i want to further improve my english.02br
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00I'm an E.S.L. student.....02br
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00thanks again and God Bless!0-
  

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0It is called an 'm-dash'. 040pid49588

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0It is called an 'm-dash'. Please see 05000.040pid49588
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0 However, I would 01i00not02i00 use a dash in your example. There's not abrupt break in the flow and there is no paranthetical information being contained within a pair of dahses. 0-
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0 thanks for the help guys!02br
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00but can you give me an example of when a, -, is used in a sentence?02br
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00thanks and *** Bless!0-
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0 ------02br
00 Check your dashes and hyphens. 01font00When you're setting off a clause--this02br
00 one is a good example--use the longer dash, called an m-dash. (You can02br
00 indicate this dash with two hyphens-01del00like this02del00-if you don't have an02br
00 m-dash function on you
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