PPT-Dashes & Ellipsis

Punctuation DASHES DASH Use a dash to indicate an abrupt break in thought or speech EXAMPLE Its your turneven though it is your birthdayto do the dishes Use dashes sparingly if you use them too much they will lose their effect Notice the quick change of thought in the example sentence that is set off by dashes . in Transformer 3. : “Dark of the Moon” Movie Script by . Ehren. . Kruger. By :. Vivin. . Setiyorini. 2009-32-005. 6. Introduction. Review to Related Literature. Method of the Research. Finding. adding complexity to your style without a thesaurus. Semicolons. The semicolon’s form actually reflects its function. Like a period, the semicolon separates two independent clauses; like a comma, it keeps them connected and tells the reader to pause (not stop).. in Korean . . Linguistic Annotation Workshop 2012. July 13, 2012. Lee, Sun-Hee & Song, Jae-Young. Wellesley College Yonsei University. . 2. Goals of Study. Provide a novel scheme for . annotating the Korean particles while determining relevant issues of annotation and providing solutions. . Grammar Toolkit. Ellipsis. Grammar Toolkit. Ellipsis. An ellipsis consists of three full-stops. . It . has two roles.. It shows . that words have been deleted from a direct quotation.. Salamanders. , . Colin Phillips & Dan Parker. Department . of Linguistics. Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Program. University of . Maryland. languagescience.umd.edu. Overview. Grammatical alternatives. Experimental investigations of ellipsis: 3 leading themes. Grammar Toolkit. Hyphens and dashes. Grammar Toolkit. Hyphens and dashes. The main use of . hyphens. is to join two or more . words . into compound words. . A . dictionary will . usually tell . you whether or . Use a . hyphen. to divide a word at the end of a line. . Only words with more than one syllable can be divided. Do not leave a single letter at the beginning or the end of a line. . Longer words can be divided in more than one place.. Ellipsis. Grammar Toolkit. Ellipsis. An ellipsis consists of three full-stops. . It . has two roles.. It shows . that words have been deleted from a direct quotation.. Salamanders. , . discussed in detail in Chapter 12 of this book. For example: . “We the People of the United States… do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.”. In this lesson you . will learn how to use an ellipsis to indicate an omission . to connect two or more words (and numbers) into a single concept, especially for building adjectives. . Note . that a hyphen never has spaces on either side. .. . Example: There are fewer Italian-American communities these days. . Zipperer. 8. th. Grade Language Arts. Ellipsis . An . ellipsis. . are used when . quoting material and you want to . omit . words. .. The . ellipsis consists of three evenly spaced dots (periods. ) . ELACC8L2a: . Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash). to indicate a pause or break.. ELACC8L2b: . Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.. Comma Usage Rules. A . comma. . is used to separate words or groups of words so that the meaning of a sentence is clear.. Using Dashes. Dashes are used for two main purposes. . The . first is what I call the Pause Dash. It more or less says to the reader, “Right here, I want you to take a breath. What you will read next relates to what you have just read in an interesting way, and I would like to emphasize it.” When using dashes this way, you are allowed only one per sentence.. Bonaventure M. SALA. Department of English. University of . Yaounde. I. Outline. . Preliminaries. Background . Design and Method . Ellipsis in . CamE. Pro-forms in . CamE. Raw data. Conclusion . .