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Red Hat
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 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: Please help me to anaylize a sentence. |
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Dear All,
As subject, please help me to anaylize following sentence.
The town was once a pocket of prosperity, but by the time Brown was
coming of age in the 1960s, the industries that gave the town its
wealth-coal mining and two giant linoleum factories-were collapsing.
1. Why the second dash prior to "were collapsing" used here?
2. How the clauses used here?
Please advise. 
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: Please help me to anaylize a sentence. |
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| Red Hat wrote: |
Dear All,
As subject, please help me to anaylize following sentence.
The town was once a pocket of prosperity, but by the time Brown was
coming of age in the 1960s, the industries that gave the town its
wealth-coal mining and two giant linoleum factories-were collapsing.
1. Why the second dash prior to "were collapsing" used here?
2. How the clauses used here? |
Strange. In place of "-", I would use commas or parenthesis. i.e. the industries that gave the town its wealth (coal mining and two giant linoleum factories) were collapsing.
Coal mining and linoleum are the specific industries mentioned in the subject of the second part of this compound sentence. The core sentence is industries were collapsing. |
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