A dash is a punctuation mark used to separate or emphasize information in a sentence. It can indicate a pause, an interruption, or an abrupt change in thought.
The punctuation mark used between elements of a sentence that are in contrast with each other is the dash (-) or the em dash (—).
In this sentence, the comma or dash can be used to set off an interrupter phrase that provides additional information but is not essential to the main clause of the sentence. This interrupter phrase adds clarity or emphasis to the sentence without changing its core meaning. The choice between a comma and a dash depends on the writer's preference for style or the desired level of emphasis on the interrupter.
A dash or a semicolon can indicate a more definite break in the flow of a sentence. These punctuation marks can be used to separate independent clauses or to emphasize a pause between ideas.
As a noun: You must report the incident to the police so that there will be a record of it.As a verb: We've rented studio time to record the product jingle.
Using a dash at the end of a sentence can be used to add emphasis to the information preceding it, but it is not commonly done. It is more typical to use other punctuation marks like commas or parentheses for this purpose.
Dash and Will
The two thoughts can either be separate sentences (period instead of the dash), or they can be in the same sentence by using a semi-colon (instead of the dash, and then don't capitalize the word it).
A dash is a punctuation mark used to separate or emphasize information in a sentence. It can indicate a pause, an interruption, or an abrupt change in thought.
The punctuation mark that most thoroughly interrupts a sentence is a dash.
You just did! I just saw the mailman dash around the corner.
To indicate a sentence is unfinished.
"Em dash" is a printing/typesetting term, and it refers to a dash the width of the capital letter "M". The shorter dash is similarly referred to as an "en dash." There is also the hyphen, which is usually smaller than the en dash. With some modern day fonts, there wouldn't be much difference between the en dash and hyphen.Em dash can be represented numerically using —in HTML, or '\u2014' in Java.En dash can be represented numerically using –in HTML, or '\u2013' in Java.
At primary school, everyone competed in one event, a 100m dash.
Double dash
Alliteration is just the repetition of the first consonant sound (at least twice) in a sentence. For example, using P... Peter Piper picked apeck of pickledpeppers.Using the word "dash," an alliterative phrase might be...Doug, don't dash down the dormitory halls.Of course, in this case, "halls" isn't part of the alliteration.
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