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.
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.
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.
they used songs to decipher words and the different tunes were in the dots and dashes.
yes, dashes is a word. (eg. the masked swordsman dashes out from behind the tower)
About 47.5 inches, but that's not dealing with 'dashes' - what do you mean by 'dashes'?
8 dashes for one teaspoon.
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dashes and bullets
She was feeling excited—almost jittery—as she waited for the results of the competition.
Dashes are used to extend a sentence and add additional information.