Use of comma and dash
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Which is correct? Please explain this?
- The system works by making ice at night, when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
- The system works by making ice at night- when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
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Which is correct? Please explain this?
- The system works by making ice at night, when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
- The system works by making ice at night- when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
punctuation colon
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Bother are fine. Some people use a dash to explain, and others use a comma. BTW, this is a colon :.
– michael_timofeev
Mar 26 at 3:55
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Which is correct? Please explain this?
- The system works by making ice at night, when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
- The system works by making ice at night- when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
punctuation colon
edited Mar 26 at 10:20
Bella Swan
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asked Mar 26 at 3:42
LunappLunapp
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Which is correct? Please explain this?
- The system works by making ice at night, when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
- The system works by making ice at night- when lower power usage means energy is cheaper and lower temperatures require less power to freeze water.
punctuation colon
punctuation colon
edited Mar 26 at 10:20
Bella Swan
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asked Mar 26 at 3:42
LunappLunapp
1
edited Mar 26 at 10:20
Bella Swan
4188
asked Mar 26 at 3:42
LunappLunapp
1
edited Mar 26 at 10:20
Bella Swan
4188
edited Mar 26 at 10:20
Bella Swan
4188
edited Mar 26 at 10:20
Bella Swan
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4188
asked Mar 26 at 3:42
LunappLunapp
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asked Mar 26 at 3:42
LunappLunapp
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asked Mar 26 at 3:42
LunappLunapp
1
1
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Bother are fine. Some people use a dash to explain, and others use a comma. BTW, this is a colon :.
– michael_timofeev
Mar 26 at 3:55
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Bother are fine. Some people use a dash to explain, and others use a comma. BTW, this is a colon :.
– michael_timofeev
Mar 26 at 3:55
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1
Bother are fine. Some people use a dash to explain, and others use a comma. BTW, this is a colon :.
– michael_timofeev
Mar 26 at 3:55
Bother are fine. Some people use a dash to explain, and others use a comma. BTW, this is a colon :.
– michael_timofeev
Mar 26 at 3:55
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Both are correct.
1) The use of comma is for depicting a brief pause, when one has to provide side information about something.
2) The dash is used for explaining something.
Both are used for providing some explanation about a thing that is mentioned in the sentence, an explanation without which the sentence would make sense too, but the writer wants the reader to know more about that thing.
It depends upon the writer what he chooses to use in such a situation.
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Both are correct.
1) The use of comma is for depicting a brief pause, when one has to provide side information about something.
2) The dash is used for explaining something.
Both are used for providing some explanation about a thing that is mentioned in the sentence, an explanation without which the sentence would make sense too, but the writer wants the reader to know more about that thing.
It depends upon the writer what he chooses to use in such a situation.
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Both are correct.
1) The use of comma is for depicting a brief pause, when one has to provide side information about something.
2) The dash is used for explaining something.
Both are used for providing some explanation about a thing that is mentioned in the sentence, an explanation without which the sentence would make sense too, but the writer wants the reader to know more about that thing.
It depends upon the writer what he chooses to use in such a situation.
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Both are correct.
1) The use of comma is for depicting a brief pause, when one has to provide side information about something.
2) The dash is used for explaining something.
Both are used for providing some explanation about a thing that is mentioned in the sentence, an explanation without which the sentence would make sense too, but the writer wants the reader to know more about that thing.
It depends upon the writer what he chooses to use in such a situation.
answered Mar 26 at 6:06
Bella SwanBella Swan
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Both are correct.
1) The use of comma is for depicting a brief pause, when one has to provide side information about something.
2) The dash is used for explaining something.
Both are used for providing some explanation about a thing that is mentioned in the sentence, an explanation without which the sentence would make sense too, but the writer wants the reader to know more about that thing.
It depends upon the writer what he chooses to use in such a situation.
answered Mar 26 at 6:06
Bella SwanBella Swan
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answered Mar 26 at 6:06
Bella SwanBella Swan
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Bother are fine. Some people use a dash to explain, and others use a comma. BTW, this is a colon :.
– michael_timofeev
Mar 26 at 3:55