Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
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00 I think a guru or serveral gurus have expressed their dislike of the use of dashes in many cases. I see these types of sentences where a person would resort to the use of a dash eventhough without it will not make a difference or resort to other types of punctuation will do the job as good as it or better. Why? 02 br
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00 Republican politicians want to solve this problem -- created by government -- by putting another layer of government ... 02 br
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00 The sentence would be fine like these: 02 br
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00 Republican politicians want to solve this problem that was created by government by putting another layer of government ... 02 br
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00 Republican politicians want to solve this problem, created by government, by putting another layer of government ... 02 br
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00 ANOTHER CASE: 02 br
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00 Plenty of discussion recently (some of it acrimonious) sounds like people are saying that alll the other clubs are better than your putter -- and that your putter is inherently defective. 02 br
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00 This oculd be perfectly fine if we take the dash out: 02 br
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00 Plenty of discussion recently (some of it acrimonious) sounds like people are saying that alll the other clubs are better than your putter and that your putter is inherently defective. 02 br
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00 Could use a dash highlight your thought on the matter and as to the forms of what comes after a hyphen is almost left open for someone -- any type of structure is possible? 02 br
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00 ANOTHER CASE: 02 br
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00 Some has distorted this language and set the members of the Trinity against each other -- as when the Son is described as the object ... 02 br
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00 This could be perfectly good if a dash is removed in my opinion. WHY resort to a dash? 0-
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00 I think a guru or serveral gurus have expressed their dislike of the use of dashes in many cases. I see these types of sentences where a person would resort to the use of a dash eventhough without it will not make a difference or resort to other types of punctuation will do the job as good as it or better. Why? 02 br
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00 Republican politicians want to solve this problem -- created by government -- by putting another layer of government ... 02 br
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00 The sentence would be fine like these: 02 br
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00 Republican politicians want to solve this problem that was created by government by putting another layer of government ... 02 br
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00 Republican politicians want to solve this problem, created by government, by putting another layer of government ... 02 br
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00 ANOTHER CASE: 02 br
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00 Plenty of discussion recently (some of it acrimonious) sounds like people are saying that alll the other clubs are better than your putter -- and that your putter is inherently defective. 02 br
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00 This oculd be perfectly fine if we take the dash out: 02 br
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00 Plenty of discussion recently (some of it acrimonious) sounds like people are saying that alll the other clubs are better than your putter and that your putter is inherently defective. 02 br
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00 Could use a dash highlight your thought on the matter and as to the forms of what comes after a hyphen is almost left open for someone -- any type of structure is possible? 02 br
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00 ANOTHER CASE: 02 br
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00 Some has distorted this language and set the members of the Trinity against each other -- as when the Son is described as the object ... 02 br
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00 This could be perfectly good if a dash is removed in my opinion. WHY resort to a dash? 0-
Top answer
0 In many cases the dash is simply a device for creating an informal style. It suggests a pause in the writer's thoughts -- or that some new thought has suddenly occurred to him. It gives the impression of spontaneity.
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0 In many cases the dash is simply a device for creating an informal style. It suggests a pause in the writer's thoughts -- or that some new thought has suddenly occurred to him. It gives the impression of spontaneity. I find that it is most common in letters to friends -- certainly not to anyone like a mayor or academic advisor. 02 br
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0 Thank you, CalifJim. 02 br
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00 You wrote this: 02 br
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00 In many cases the dash is simply a device for creating an informal style. It suggests a pause in the writer's thoughts -- or that some new thought has suddenly occurred to him. It gives the 05 0 00 of spontaneity. I find that it is most common in 05 1 00 to friends -- certainly n
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00 You wrote this: 02 br
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00 In many cases the dash is simply a device for creating an informal style. It suggests a pause in the writer's thoughts -- or that some new thought has suddenly occurred to him. It gives the 05 0 00 of spontaneity. I find that it is most common in 05 1 00 to friends -- certainly n
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0 >It suggests a pause in the writer's thoughts -- or that 01 u 00 some new thought 02 u 00 has suddenly occurred to him. 02 br
00 This is a random/chance choice of one thought from a set of several. Thus the plural is there in the background. 02 br
00 > He shouldn't abandon our faith in Jane, but to accept the fact that 01 u 00 some element 02
00 This is a random/chance choice of one thought from a set of several. Thus the plural is there in the background. 02 br
00 > He shouldn't abandon our faith in Jane, but to accept the fact that 01 u 00 some element 02
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1 i 00 some 02 i 00 indicates indefiniteness, not plurality, even though it is probably more frequently used with plurals. 02 br
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00 With the singular it is quite like 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 / 01 b 00 an 02 b 00 . Here's the meaning: 02 br
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01 i 00 ... or that 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 new thought
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00 With the singular it is quite like 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 / 01 b 00 an 02 b 00 . Here's the meaning: 02 br
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01 i 00 ... or that 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 new thought
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