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- Use of dashes and hyphens
- Hyphens are used less in English to join words than in German, so be careful when "importing" joined up words from German - particulary words that were originally English.
- Dashes are often used in English to link parts of a sentence:
- they are often used where the writer is not sure whether a comma, colon or semi-colon should be used
- they are used to add emphasis - like here - where a part of a sentence is inserted into a
- Use of commas - these are very simplified rules!
- To structure a sentence:
- Commas are used less in English to structure sentences than in German, so if you are not sure whether a comma is required then don't use one.
- Use a comma between parts of a sentence joined with a word starting with a "w" - such as "which", "who", "when"
("... enter the data in the search field, which you will find at the top right of the form.") - Don't use a comma between parts of a sentence joined with a word starting with a "t" - such as "that"
("... enter the data in the search field that you will find at the top right of the form.")
- In lists of items:
- Use a comma to seperate items - e.g. "one, two, three and four"
(but in lists of longer items - e.g. "this is item one; this is item two and this is item three" - use a semicolon and place a colon beforethe before the list)
- Use a comma to seperate items - e.g. "one, two, three and four"
- Do not use a comma before "and", "but" or "because"
- To structure a sentence:
- Writing in one word or multiple words
- German rules for writing in one word would not apply for English, therefore use "job chain" instead of "jobchain"
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