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Murphy332

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

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I'd use ellipses for pauses, dashes are usually used for interruption.

"I found this - "

"That doesn't matter, look what I found!"

As opposed to:

"She... She's dead."

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