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Dashes

Dashes

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English

6th Grade

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Hard

CCSS
L.6.2A, L.8.2A

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Kendra Waters

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Dashes

 ()\left(-\right)  are punctuation marks that can be used to set apart parenthetical information from the rest of a sentence.


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*In the sentences to the right, "a new find just ahead" and "the best qualified in the world" provide parenthetical information. They add explanations, but are not necessary for understanding.

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Dashes

 ()\left(-\right)  are punctuation marks that can be used to set apart parenthetical information from the rest of a sentence.


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