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the act in question." THE DASH The dash is a very useful mark which has been greatly overworked by careless writers.

It is very easy to make in manuscript and serves as a convenient cover for the writer's ignorance of what point should properly be used.
The conspicuousness of the dash makes it a very useful mark for guiding the eye of the reader to the unity of the sentence.

It is particularly useful in legal pleadings where there is much repetition of statement and great elaboration of detail.