: Re: Dashes vs. Commas vs. parentheses? Occasionally I write sentences containing subparts with extra information. I never know how to block off this information from the rest of the sentence. Three

I tend to use Emdashes when I'm giving the flow a pause, making the reader stop for a moment and let the words sink in. Commas on the other hand are used to breakup a thought in to segments but still linked.

Parenthesis I consider a tool for the narrator speaking to the reader directly.

You also missed ellipsis, for when you just leave a sentence hanging there, perhaps unfinished.

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