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This is a continuation of the lesson on the hyphen and the dash. The uses of the dash will be treated in this lesson. | This is a continuation of the lesson on the hyphen and the dash. The uses of the dash will be treated in this lesson. | ||
Uses of the Dash (–) | ==Uses of the Dash (–)== | ||
*Sometimes in written English, there is a necessity for a whole sentence to interrupt or enter into another sentence in order to pass across the complete message without ambiguity. An example: | |||
**The rivers – I cannot remember all their names – have been dredged. | |||
*The dash is used to show a break in a complete sentence. | |||
**If he entered through the door, he must still be in there – so let’s keep our fingers crossed. | |||
* At times, a single placed between a repeated word is used to emphasize the repeated word. An example: | |||
**The boy made new friends – friends that are more harm than good. | |||
*A single dash can be used to set aside a summary or compile a list of items. For example: | |||
**Vanilla, flour, eggs, nutmeg – these are necessary in baking a cake. | |||
**She bought three items – a cake tin, a spatula and an egg whisk. | |||
*Dashes can also appear in pairs in a sentence. In order to indicate an explanatory part of a sentence or an afterthought, two dashes can be used like parentheses. An example: | |||
**Everybody – including children – couldn’t eat the cake because it was filled with sugar. |
Revision as of 16:35, 13 February 2019
Further Uses of the dash (–)
This is a continuation of the lesson on the hyphen and the dash. The uses of the dash will be treated in this lesson.
Uses of the Dash (–)
- Sometimes in written English, there is a necessity for a whole sentence to interrupt or enter into another sentence in order to pass across the complete message without ambiguity. An example:
- The rivers – I cannot remember all their names – have been dredged.
- The dash is used to show a break in a complete sentence.
- If he entered through the door, he must still be in there – so let’s keep our fingers crossed.
- At times, a single placed between a repeated word is used to emphasize the repeated word. An example:
- The boy made new friends – friends that are more harm than good.
- A single dash can be used to set aside a summary or compile a list of items. For example:
- Vanilla, flour, eggs, nutmeg – these are necessary in baking a cake.
- She bought three items – a cake tin, a spatula and an egg whisk.
- Dashes can also appear in pairs in a sentence. In order to indicate an explanatory part of a sentence or an afterthought, two dashes can be used like parentheses. An example:
- Everybody – including children – couldn’t eat the cake because it was filled with sugar.