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Rule "Hyphen, n-dash and m-dash"
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| Description: |
Hyphen, n-dash and m-dash |
| Message: |
To join two clauses or introduce examples, consider using an em dash. |
| Category: |
Punctuation
(ID: PUNCTUATION)
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| Link: |
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/dashes/ |
| Tags: |
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Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect: |
- In these educational establishments there were enrollments - mostly from elementary school — and a total of teachers.
Correction suggestion:
— , —, :
- Institute Ricci de Macau - Association of cultural promotion of the Company of Jesus in Macau
Correction suggestion:
— , —, :
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Correct sentences
for comparison: |
- In the Midwest and Northwest portion are higher elevations, reaching 500 meters above sea level, highlighting Serra do Tumucumaque and Sierra Lombarda.
- The "strong"-"weak" categorization is not the same as...
- ... demonstrate a regular change *dw- → erk- in Armenian.
- The entire indefinite noun endings -in and -un (with nunation) are left off.
- There are about 110 U.S.-affiliated businesses operating in The Bahamas, and most are associated with tourism and banking.
- The customer support team works from Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm (CET).
- Roman Principate (30 BC - AD 284)
- A number of independent Neo-Assyrian states arose, namely Adiabene (69 BC - 310 AD), Osroene (132 BC to AD 244) and Hatra (155 AD to 241 AD).
- By the reign of Eriba-Adad I (1392 BC - 1366 BC) Mitanni influence over Assyria...
- Proof: consider the function g which maps x to f(x) - x.
- In a complete binary tree, a node's breadth-index (i - (2d - 1)) can be used as traversal instructions from the root.
- 1 - ((75/216) × 2 + (15/216) × 3 + (1/216) × 11) = 4.6%
- ...spired by a Basque place-name ending in - dze.
- A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B - R - A A - B - R - A...
- -10k
- - Milestone -
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| ID: |
DASH_RULE [3]
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| Version: |
6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-15 16:45:17 +0000)
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