Timeline for Dashes to provide parenthetical information to an item in list - example from BBC?
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Mar 13, 2021 at 22:52 | vote | accept | k1eran | ||
Mar 11, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | Xanne | I’d put the parenthetical phrase in parens and use another comma. It’s a series, not a dependent clause. | |
Mar 11, 2021 at 22:22 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | I'd be happy with a pair of em-dashes, but the original uses teeny tiny hyphens—nothing like the bold clarity that the em-dash delivers. Also, what's wrong with one em-dash and a comma before "his personal wealth"? | |
Mar 11, 2021 at 22:09 | history | answered | TaliesinMerlin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |