kitty-cat puppy-dog old-fashioned state-of-the-art spine-chilling one-off first-rate well-known far-off out-of-the-way far-flung hair-raisng
ice-cream
The black dots and dashes between states on a map represents the state boundaries. The dots and dashes are used to outline the state.
Appositive phrases can be set off by dashes. Example: My teacher, Brian, is the most amazing teacher ever. Hyphenated words require dashes. Example: I do this for my own well-being. Dashes can also represent the word "through" or show correlation between numbers. Example: Your homework is do to questions 1 - 15.
idk like real talk i'd rather watch kesha feed our uglyass baby :p
A parenthetical phrase is a phrase that adds extra information to a sentence but can be removed without changing the sentence's overall meaning. For example, "in my opinion" or "on the other hand" are common parenthetical phrases.
The States border.
Florida
State boundary
they mean a big city
Florida
Parentheses are used in a sentence to capture a note relating to the wording of the sentence. Dashes and commas set apart words in a sentence.
Because hyphens are dashes. Word changes double dashes into em dashes (the long dashes) automatically if there is a space before and after the double dash.