It is important-actually, it is essential-that the extreme athlete choose the right shoe for the sport.

Why are dashes, rather than parentheses or commas, used in this sentence?

A. Dashes are being used because they set off longer, less-related parenthetical asides.

B. Dashes are being used to set off brief, closely-related parenthetical asides.

C. Dashes are being used to set off an aside that deserves emphasis.

D. Dashes are being used to set off an appositive.

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Dean

21 September, 07:45

It is important-actually, it is essential-that the extreme athlete choose the right shoe for the sport.

Why are dashes, rather than parentheses or commas, used in this sentence?

A. Dashes are being used because they set off longer, less-related parenthetical asides.

B. Dashes are being used to set off brief, closely-related parenthetical asides.

C. Dashes are being used to set off an aside that deserves emphasis.

D. Dashes are being used to set off an appositive.

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Isaac Hinton · Answer 1

The answer to the above question is letter D that is dashes are being used to set off an appositive. There are two types of dashes the em dash which is used to take place of commas, parentheses, or colons and the other one is en dash it is usually used instead of hyphen in compound attributes.

Waylon Baxter · Answer 2

Waylon Baxter 21 September, 10:44

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The correct answer is either c or d