Dashes
The shorter dashes, usually the length of a lowercase n
What is an en dash?
You can never start a sentence with this.
What is Numeral?
Sentences that begin with one of these two phrases should not have a question mark.
What is I wonder/Guess what?
It is I who is awake (over or under complicated)
What is overcomplicated?
The presenters of this group are____
Who are Seb, Michael, and Sophia?
These dashes are longer, typically the length of a capital M
What is an em dash?
This style is not used when writing time.
What is Written out?
Sentences that begin with I wonder are ______ not questions.
What is a pondering declaration?
If someone were trying to kill you, how do you think they'd go about it? This question is _____ (smooth or clunky)
What is smooth?
These dashes are used to interrupt sentences
What is an em dash?
This is used when the year is written.
What is Numeral?
Guess Who? The game uses the question mark _____ (correctly or incorrectly)
What is incorrectly?
It is better to overcomplicate your sentence.
What is false?
These dashes join words together
What is an en dash?
These are used when 2 or more things are in a list.
What are Numerals?
No one over the age of ten should use _____ exclamation points or question marks.
What is double?
The author repeated this phrase over and over to emphasize his point on the topic "I wrote a note to myself not only to write about "not only x but y" constructions but to write about "either x or y" constructions.
What is true?
Which dashes should be used?:
He devised a plan _ if you could even call it a plan _ to become a grammy_nominated artist.
Em, en, em
He devised a plan — if you could even call it a plan — to become a grammy-nominated artist.
You go to a sports game and the first team scores five points and the second team scores 6 points. How would this score be expressed when written out?
What is 5-6
Some writers recommend using this many exclamation points per book.
What is 12/a dozen?
True or false: I should make my paper longer and include big words to get a better grade
FALSE