Dashes and commas are the same thing, not in all cases, only in one case, The word 'parenthetical information' means 'extra information', Yes, no, Dashes maybe used when the information is a bit more important than when you use commas., I think so yes, I don't think so, Extra information with dashes make the information stand out more than commas and brackets do., no, yep, The team gathered in the room, located at the top of the roof, to discuss the project., dash, bracket, Dashes can be used to indicate a sudden break or interruption in a sentence., True, False, I was about to say something, but -, correct, false, Dashes can be used to create emphasis or draw attention to a particular word or phrase., very false, Very true, She was determined to succeed , no matter what., dash is better, comma is better, Dash can be used to introduce a list, similar to the way colons are used., True, False, I bought - brushes, paint, and a canva., yes, no, Dashes can be used to indicate an incomplete thought or trailing off a sentence., never, always, I just can’t believe that –”, This is an incomplete thought, This is wrong, Dashes can be used to indicate a range of numbers or dates., 1950-1960, 1950 until 1960, we use hyphens to join together separate words, to make compound words coining a new word that modifies a noun, yes three functions, only one function, I gave her the why-did-you-do-this-look, what is thisssssss, very correct, Notice that if the compound word appeared after the noun, we do not hyphenate it., I love chocolate-covered peanuts, These peanuts are chocolate- covered.

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