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Teacher Tips and Answers

Using Dashes and Ellipses

acting

To emphasize an idea, use a dash (—) instead of a comma.

Reggie loves one thing most of all, theater.

Reggie loves one thing most of alltheater.

       (The dash makes "theater" more dramatic.)

To set off information that already includes commas, use a dash.

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