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I think it would be better to convey your disgust through interpretive dance - you might qualify for the Olympics and then go on to win gold!
They paint their houses those bright colours because of the long, brutally cold, depressing, grey, sun-starved winters. But great place to visit in the summer months.
Does this mean I won’t be able to use the letter ‘x’ anymore because a multi-billion dollar company has trademarked it:
- Two people fighting will now be boing.
- When I want to bake some bread I will mi the ingredients together.
- When I want to leave a building I will eit it.
- I will now look up to the stars at night to see the magnificent epance of the Milkyway galay.
The m-dash doesn’t really replace any other punctuation–they all have their proper and distinct place.
e.g
The difference between the m-dash in pairs and parentheses is that what’s inside parentheses add additional information that can be ignored altogether in the sentence, whereas m-dash pairs introduce an aside point that relates more closely to the sentence proper.
"Think of m-dashes in pairs as the opposite of parentheses. Where parentheses indicate that the reader should put less emphasis on the enclosed material, m-dashes indicate that the reader should pay more attention to the material between the dashes. "
Source: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/]
Don’t be fooled, you just have to delve into the differences that, when you get down to it, aren’t that subtle.
I’m not a fan of advice that says when the writing is more informal to replace the semi-colon or parentheses, etc, with the m-dash, because it seems to be an excuse to not look into the details and be precise with your punctuation.
Would have done better if he could kiss a few babies out on the campaign trail - but the bin over his head gets in the way. It’s a shame, I like Count Binface’s policy platform…and the cape.
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Close, but still good enough for second prize. Good effort.
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