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Understanding appositives and the use of the m-dash ( — )
My understanding of a dash is that it sets off a lengthy appositive, but can also be used to introduce a summary. Consider the following passage from Stephan Jay Gould:
If evolution worked ...
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Humour through repeated use of a construct, with a final variation?
I am wondering if there is any name, or well-known example, for a humoristic construct that I particularly enjoy. It is exemplified in this monolog from Pierre Desproges, directed at a woman he was ...
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How to punctuate a sentence that begins with a list, then explains it?
I want to know what to do when a list and the clause that introduces it are reversed. For example:
The wrinkles around his eyes, the deep lines that marked his brow, the gray streak at his ...
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Where can we find anacoluthon nowadays?
An anacoluthon <...> is a rhetorical device that can be loosely defined as a change of syntax within a sentence <...>. Grammatically, anacoluthon is an error; however, in rhetoric it is a ...
