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 . Apostrophes communicate important information in written language. Dashes, when used sparingly, add emphasis.. APOSTROPHES. USING APOSTROPHES TO SHOW. Possession. Apostrophes are used to show that one or more things . DASHES — not this – in your paper. Remember when using the hyphen, the en dash, or the em dash, you should put no space either before or after them . The only exception is with a han 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).. 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 . Add the labeled punctuation in the correct place in each sentence.. Seventy five . students turned in an essay. . (Hyphen). 2. . My dog’s favorite toy . a . stuffed . alligator . is lying out in . Objective 2: Identify the purpose of dashes and understand the situations when they are appropriate. Objectives. By the time you finish taking notes on this resource, you should understand:. What a dash is. Marking code: P. What is it?. Brackets, commas or dashes can all be used to separate a word or phrase that has been added to a sentence as an explanation or afterthought.. The word/phrase inside the brackets, commas or dashes is called a parenthesis.. 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.. This is it, the final grammar notes for the rest of the school year. . Dashes. Like commas, semicolons, colons, and ellipses, the dash represents an . interrupton. , or an abrupt change of thought. . 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 . 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.. 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 . .