Education English | Dash (-) | Based on surayin (1999: 513), the dash is used to show the beheading in the disclosure of an idea or to show the thoughts that arise later and sometimes the dash is used in place ot the actual comma to indicate special emphasis.
According to Harvey (2008: 247-248) the dash is a straight, horizontal line, placed between the parts of a sentence.
1. The dash should be used where there is a sudden break or stop in a sentence, or a change in it is meaning or construction.
Example: It glitters awhile-and then melts into tears.
2. The dash is frequently used before words repeated in an emphatic manner
Example: Why should I speak of his neglect-neglect did I say? Call it rather contempt
3. The dash is frequently placed both before and after a parenthesis-the curves being omitted
Example: The see three of cardinal virtues of dog or man-courage, endurance, and skill-in intense action.
4. The dash is often used where there is an ommision of letters or figures, or of words commonly used to introduce an enumeration of particulars.
Example: Amongst us men, these three things are a large part of our virtues,- to endure, to forgive, and ourselves to get pardon.
According to Harvey (2008: 247-248) the dash is a straight, horizontal line, placed between the parts of a sentence.
1. The dash should be used where there is a sudden break or stop in a sentence, or a change in it is meaning or construction.
Example: It glitters awhile-and then melts into tears.
2. The dash is frequently used before words repeated in an emphatic manner
Example: Why should I speak of his neglect-neglect did I say? Call it rather contempt
3. The dash is frequently placed both before and after a parenthesis-the curves being omitted
Example: The see three of cardinal virtues of dog or man-courage, endurance, and skill-in intense action.
4. The dash is often used where there is an ommision of letters or figures, or of words commonly used to introduce an enumeration of particulars.
Example: Amongst us men, these three things are a large part of our virtues,- to endure, to forgive, and ourselves to get pardon.
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