[bookshare-discuss] Re: What is an M-dash

  • From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:58:11 -0500

Hi Shannon,
Actually, the em-dash and the ellipsis are not the same thing. I'm not a
grammarian so can't describe them exactly, but the em-dash is used to
connect two related clauses, or when a speaker is interrupted midsentence.
Kellie

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