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PUNCTUATION

PUNCTUATION. Dash And Hyphen. The Dash and The Hyphen. The look almost the same, but do completely different things Dash — (a little longer) Hyphen - (a little shorter). The Dash —. Rule 1 A detour or interrupter Can be used in place of a colon

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PUNCTUATION

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  1. PUNCTUATION Dash And Hyphen

  2. The Dash and The Hyphen • The look almost the same, but do completely different things • Dash — (a little longer) • Hyphen - (a little shorter)

  3. The Dash — • Rule 1 • A detour or interrupter • Can be used in place of a colon • Remember, you need an independent clause before the dash • It was my worst nightmare — cold pizza.

  4. The Dash — • Rule 2 • Used instead of parentheses to enclose an aside. • Aside = A diversion • His new car was amazing — it was a 2010 Lamborghini — but he could never drive it outside.

  5. The Dash — • If your keyboard does not have the Dash symbol, use TWO HYPHENS - - • Use no more than 2 per sentence

  6. The Hyphen - • Rule 1 • Separates individual words or parts of words. • Mother-in-law • two-thirds • Self-confident • Ex-president • Three-quarters

  7. Hyphen - • Which words get hyphens are which do not • If the word pair comes before a noun, use a hyphen to combine the words • He is a strong-willedfather. • Those are water-resistantducks. • I have a red-hairedcousin.

  8. Hyphen - • Always use a hyphen when one of the words is self, quasi, ex, like, and fractions • *Quasi = resembling • He is self-confident. • She is our quasi-official leader. • He is the ex-president. • His helmet is shell-like. • He ate two-thirds of the pie.

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