: Re: Should I use ellipses or em dashes to denote pauses in speech? I flipped open its latch and peered inside. A—gold tooth? I flipped open its latch and peered inside. A ... gold

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I might use an M-dash for the whale example, because it's startling. For the gold watch, that's more of a thoughtful pause, so it would take an ellipsis.

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