英语写作中破折号的使用
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The elements of style
by William Strunk Jr. ; with revisions, an introduction, and a chapter on wirting by E. B. Wihte.
题记：与其说是自己整理的笔记，有中文也有原文，不如说是自己蹩脚的翻译笔记，可能涉及到侵犯作者版权了，议大家去看英文原著，图书馆可以借出来。不过，想提高写作，多写才是王道。
JOE QIAO WANG 王桥
三、Rule 8 破折号的使用
Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long appositive or summary.破折号用于分隔一个中断、声明一个长的同位语或者概述。
它比逗号的中断效果强；没有冒号正式；比括号更自由宽松。
例子：
破折号用作中断：
His first thought on getting out of bed---if he had any thought at all---was to get back in again.
破折号用作分隔长的同位语：
The rear axle began to make a noise---a grinding, chattering, teeth-gritting rasp.
破折号用作分隔长的概述：
The increasing reluctance of the sun rise, the extra nip in the breeze, the patter of shed leaves dropping---all the evidences of fall drifting into winter were clearer each day.
但是将存折号仅用作普通的中断时，似乎并不合适。
Her father's suspicious proved well-founded---it was not Edward she cared for---it was San Francisco.
Her father's suspicions proved well-sounded. It was not Edward she cared for, if it was San Francisco.