| Writing Style
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- Did you use a semicolon to connect two independent clauses with closely
related ideas?
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- Did you use a colon before a phrase that gives further information
about a noun or noun phrase?
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- Did you use a colon to introduce a quotation?
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- Did you use a dash to set off additional information if the information
has a series of commas?
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- Did you use a dash to show a sudden break in thought or to indicate
parenthetical information?
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- Did you use a dash to emphasize or summarize a thought?
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