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	Dash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A dash is a punctuation mark, and is not to be confused with the hyphen, which has quite different uses.
		The em dash is used in much the way a colon or set of parentheses is used: it can show an abrupt change in thought or be used where a period is too strong and a comma too weak.
		A spaced en dash is commonly used for this purpose in British publications, whereas in the USA the tendency is to use the unspaced em dash.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dash_(punctuation) (2012 words)

	dash
		(1) dash, elan, flair, panache, style -- (distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer") 2.
		dash -- (a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash") 4.
		hyphen, dash -- (a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text) 5.
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/d/alt.dash.html (558 words)

	Dash (punctuation)
		A dash is a punctuation mark, and is different from a hyphen.
		Several forms exist: the figure dash (‒), the en dash (–), the em dash (—), and the quotation dash (―).
		The HTML entity names for the en dash and the em dash are &ndash and &mdash, respectively.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/da/Dash.html (154 words)

	Dash (punctuation): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Dash (punctuation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The em dash may be used (in pairs) to distinguish parenthetical text.
		It may be thought of as a "strong" separator, used where a comma would not do the job.
		In computer programming, the figure dash, en dash, em dash, and quotation dash correspond to Unicode characters 0x2012, 0x2013, 0x2014, and 0x2015, respectively.
	www.encyclopedian.com /da/Dash-(punctuation).html (165 words)

	punctuation mark - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
		comma - a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
		hyphen, dash - a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
		swung dash - a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word
	www.onpedia.com /dictionary/punctuation-mark (370 words)

	Station Information - Dash (punctuation)
		The en dash is also used to indicate a range of numbers, as in "see pages 96–122." In this form it is always set without spaces on either side.
		The HTML entity names for the en dash and the em dash are andndash; and andmdash;, respectively.
		On a typewriter, an em dash is traditionally represented by two hyphens, e.g.
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	Punctuation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When punctuating, the colon is placed outside quotation marks or parentheses: There are three reasons I want Melissa to teach "Toxics A to Z": her knowledge of the material, her attention to detail, and her record for reliability.
		If combined with other punctuation, however, place the exclamation point inside parentheses and quotation marks when it belongs with the text enclosed or quoted, and place it outside those marks of punctuation when it is part of the whole sentence.
		Punctuation marks are placed within the parentheses when they belong with the material that is being enclosed.
	www.aiha.org /pubs/style3.html (1940 words)

	Puctuation Guide
		Punctuation can be thought of as a sign that warns the reader that he or she is approaching a change in direction in a sentence.
		Similarly, punctuation in a sentence warns the reader that the flow of words ahead may shift in an unexpected direction.
		Use a dash before and after an interrupting word, phrase, clause, or sentence when you want to give extra emphasis to the interrupting words or whenever the interrupting words contain words or phrases separated by commas.
	198.85.71.76 /english/punctuationguide.html (2448 words)

	punctuation
		Punctuation marks are written symbols that do not correspond to either phonemes (sounds) of a spoken language nor to lexemes (words and phrases) of a written language, but which serve to organize or clarify written language.
		Also related are diacritical marks (or diacritics), which serve to distinguish among similar sounds using the same primary letter symbol, or to clarify emphasis or tone.
		Some punctuation marks are similar to their equivalent Western ones, but larger, to suit the characters that surround the mark, for example, the Chinese commas (，) is larger than its Western counterpart.
	www.fact-library.com /punctuation.html (744 words)

	Writing Resource Center: Grammar & Punctuation
		Punctuation topics address proper use of semicolons, colons, and commas.
		Topics include: knowing when to spell out a word or phrase and when to use anabbreviation, correct punctuation and capitalization for common abbreviations, and proper usage of symbols.
		Punctuation Points Illustrates the proper use of parentheses to provide the reader with additional information within a sentence.
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	Dash: Punctuation: Guide to Authors: Scientific and Technical Publishing: ESS Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are two kinds of dashes: the en dash, which is longer than the hyphen, and the em dash (space-long dash-space), which is twice as long as an en dash:
		This is usually referred to as the dash, and is a useful, but overworked, punctuation mark.
		The em dash is not used immediately after a colon, semicolon, or comma.
	www.nrcan.gc.ca /ess/pubs/guide/punct/dash_e.html (271 words)

	Odyssey Punctuation Page 7
		Type a dash by hitting the hyphen key on your computer twice in a row--like this.
		Dashes may be used instead of commas to set off and emphasize modifiers and other nonrestrictive elements (for an explanation of nonrestrictive elements, see Part 1, Section E of this essay).
		The dash goes between the series and the statement that summarizes the series.
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	OWL Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A punctuation marker used to indicate the grammatical organisation of sentences.
		A punctuation marker used to indicate the end of a sentence that is a statement or command.
		A punctuation marker used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question is being asked.
	www.ulan-p.schools.nsw.edu.au /owl/glossary.htm (3149 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - dash
		The shortest running events, called sprints or dashes, are the premier events at a track-and-field meet.
		This mark usually stresses the materials that follow it.
		Dashes also emphasize parenthetical thoughts and convey sudden interruptions in thought.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /dash.html (65 words)

	english punctuation and asterisk (engrish punctuation and asterisk) information.
		Punctuation marks are written symbols that do not correspond to either Quick..
		Each written language has its tradition of punctuation, often very different from that used in English; thus, in German nouns are capitalized,..
		Punctuation is closely linked to the main rules of written English.
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	Using Dashes
		Depending on taste, there may or may not be spaces either side of them (the en-dash tends to use separating spaces more than the em-dash).
		You can also use a single dash to separate out and hence emphasis a particular point at the end of a sentence.
		In typed text, a double-hyphen is often used instead of the em-dash--which is about the same length--as the em-dash does not appear on normal keyboards.
	www.changingminds.org /techniques/language/punctuation/dash.htm (195 words)

	Emily Dickinson & the Dash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		David Porter's explanation focuses on gaps; he argues that the dash links two words in order to "carry the freight of at least eight or nine words that must be supplied silently" so the reader must "recover in his mind and not in the poem itself, the absent sense" (43, 44).
		In addition to the linguistic, rhetorical, and poetic functions of experimental punctuation, the dash indicates the mental processing of ideas as the poet confronts the overwhelming internal stimulation resulting from her intellectual gifts.
		Bracketed by dashes to indicate an internal thought, the word becomes encouragement, hinting that the solution will eventually be apparent.
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	Dash (punctuation)
		A dash is a punctuation mark, and isn't to be confused with the hyphen, which has quite different uses.
		En dashes are also used as a "super-hyphen" to link compound phrases that already include a hyphenated component.
		In professionally printed documents, the typographer sometimes adds a hair space on either side of an em dash (a refinement that isn't practicable in electronic form given the limitations of current-generation web browsers) or even a full space, though this last is uncommon.
	news-server.org /d/da/dash__punctuation_.html (468 words)

	Emily Dickinson & the Dash
		Likewise, Dickinson's profusion of dashes dominates the page and her statistics are just as impressive.
		I propose that Emily Dickinson was influenced by Lawrence Sterne's extensive use of varied dashes to indicate Lockean associations within the mind which defy the linear progression of ideas.
		Similarly, for Dickinson, the dash represents the multiple avenues of thought inherent to genius and challenges the reader to puzzle through sophisticated metaphoric connections which are perhaps less obvious to our slower minds.
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	Dash It All
		In the preceding paragraph, I used a pair of dashes to interrupt a sentence and insert supplementary material that gave the question meaning or -- to writers, at least -- urgency.
		On Punctuation Highway, the writer-as-speaker is a dasher, only half-braking at every stop sign; the writer-as-writer measures every pause, uses a comma for the speed bump and a semicolon to proceed with caution at the balancing of closely related complete thoughts, as in this sentence.
		I acknowledge that dashes can be useful -- say, to add an example -- and are surely more emphatic than parentheses (without the sly sharing of confidence with the reader).
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	Dash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first thing you might notice is that the dash is typed by typing two hyphens.
		The dashes put a kind of spotlight on a particular idea you want to work into the sentence.
		Since dashes, parentheses and brackets all have the function of setting off some part of an idea, I want to write an example using dashes, parentheses and brackets.
	www.nv.cc.va.us /home/vkryston/Author_s_Ideas/Punctuation/Dash/dash.htm (350 words)

	University of Leeds Language Centre, English Language Materials: punctuation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is often said that the use of the dash (-) is informal and therefore not appropriate in academic (formal) writing.
		2 dashes may separate a phrase in the middle of a sentence:
		However, the best advice to learners is to use the dash as little as possible in their own academic writing.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /languages/resource/english/punctuation/dash.html (120 words)

	Dash
		Distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer".
		A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text.
		Hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock".
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Da/Dash.html (2885 words)

	dash on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sam Dash, Watergate panel chief counsel, dead at age 79
		Dash lays off 23 at Macon, Mo., facility.(News)
		Dash Recycled Rubber lays off 23; Staff may be rehired after parent boosts efficiency.(News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-dash.asp (359 words)

	Overview of Punctuation
		Punctuation marks discussed in other OWL documents include commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, and hyphens.
		Use a dash (represented on a typewriter, a computer with no dashes in the type font, or in a handwritten document by a pair of hyphens with no spaces).
		And material introduced after a single dash may be more emphatic and may serve a greater variety of rhetorical purposes than material introduced with a colon.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/grammar/g_overvw.html (857 words)

	Semicolon, Colon, Da
		The various symbols used to indicate stress, pause, and intonation are referred to as punctuation marks.
		Often punctuation marks indicate pauses, pitches, and stresses normally indicated by voice modulation in the spoken language.
		The semicolon, the colon, the dash, and the comma all link sentences and sentence parts together in varying degrees of looseness or tightness.
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	Emily Dickinson Punctuation
		were published in her lifetime, each changed by editors to suit the day's standards of rhyme, punctuation and meter...
		Her poetry's irregular rhythms and free use of punctuation broke with traditional literary conventions...
		Of punctuation there was little; she used chiefly...
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	Are You Feeling Dash-ing? Part II in a Series on Punctuation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Certain conventions are attached to every mark of punctuation, and as long as the conventions are adhered to, most readers will understand what we mean when we write.
		We’re revisiting conventions in punctuation because the whole point to the work we do is to get our messages heard and understood—the way we intended them to be understood.
		The dash, the comma, and the parentheses tend to be used interchangeably and can to be pretty confusing when they are.
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	Odyssey Writing Tips Page #1
		Many developing writers feel that since they're being creative, they can be creative with their punctuation.
		Thinking you can write well without knowing the rules of punctuation is like an architect thinking he can design a building without knowing the principles of physics and engineering.
		Punctuation is an important tool for a writer.
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