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"If all the Trillions of Dollars Spent on keeping the Monopoly Money Fraud Power maintained (destroying so much in that effort) was spent only on Solar Panels, nothing else, and sold at cost or "given" away -- instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction -- there would be how much production measurable as electricity and whatever was made with electricity?
I want to know why double dashes are used instead of triple periods or parenthesis or comas or single dashes.
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"given" away -- instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction -- there would
2.
"given" away...instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction...there would
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"given" away (instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction) there would
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"given" away, instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction, there would
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"given" away - instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction - there would
Is that the first incidence of using -- ?
I saw improvements in some long sentences with ... replacing comas.
Some of these grammar improvements I am picking up on, but the two dashes are new enough for me to ask for clarification or a link, please.
I used the double dash in the paragraph
"If all the Trillions of Dollars Spent on keeping the Monopoly Money Fraud Power maintained (destroying so much in that effort) was spent only on Solar Panels, nothing else, and sold at cost or "given" away -- instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction -- there would be how much production measurable as electricity and whatever was made with electricity?
because I wanting a distinct and very pronounced call-out of "INSTEAD OF ALL THAT ACTUAL, MEASURABLE, DESTRUCTION."
I didn't use () because to me information inside () seems more incidental to the meaning of the paragraph. Kinda like sub-information. When I use ... I am kinda thinking more like a long pause linking information together. Kinda like a quick daydream. Not exactly a daydream, I don't know what words to use. So -- to me is like : except that the information being highlighted is enclosed between the set of dashes -- info -- . (hitting reply now so I don't lose this but am going to open back up and continue.)
Is that the first incidence of using -- ?
I did a quick search on Joe Quotes and found this:
Also used here on page 71:
"You lend moral and material support to torture and mass murder made legal (not just one person tortured once, legally -- and not just one murder victim murdered once) since the scale of these crimes makes Hitler and the Nazi crimes pale in comparison. "
(however, it did not use them as a set, and that may be incorrect, I need to double check)
page 76 "(That answer to that question is added to this book, because my ears can listen, but I am only one lost soul. --Joe)"
(That one probably needs changed to one of your long dashes.)
page 83 "If all the Trillions of Dollars Spent on keeping the Monopoly Money Fraud Power maintained (destroying so much in that effort) was spent only on Solar Panels, nothing else, and sold at cost or "given" away -- instead of all that actual, measurable, destruction -- there would be how much production measurable as electricity and whatever was made with electricity?"
page 90 "I do know that the Central Bankers (Legal Criminals) cause small booms and small busts -- on a schedule -- to keep the victims guessing: the general trend for America is BUST…while the general trend for Asia is BOOM."
page 100 "If from cradle to grave, a person like Ben Bernanke, a typical welfare mama, or papa (who knows these days, but typical welfare baby anyway) draining the productive capacity of those who actually produce, does not pay taxes…Ben baby does not pay taxes…then the poster boy of welfare -- Ben baby -- is on the receiving end of the extortion racket: so they don't pay taxes, but do they vote?"
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So, it looks to me like it is something that I recently started doing. It also looks like I am doing that in some places because the sentences are extra long and it helps with readability.
Just let me know what you prefer. I can easily replace these instances with something more preferable to Joe, as that would be preferable to bear too
