In which sentence is the dash used correctly? Alisa dove behind a dune—and Suzanne covered her head with a jacket. They were tra
pped—on an island far from the mainland. A giant waterspout erupted from the ocean—Min just stood there and took photos. The day had been warm—however, the rain that lashed their faces was cold.
A giant waterspout erupted from the ocean—Min just stood there and took photos.
Explanation:
Dashes are little horizontal lines introduced in the middle of a line of text, usually to indicate a range or a pause, and to separate one group of words from another.
There are two basic forms of dashes: em and en. Em dashes can take the place of commas, colons or parentheses (like in sentence B, where more information is introduced in the sentence following the dash); en dashes indicate spans of time, ranges of numbers or some connection between words.
The most likely implicit purpose of this interview is probably to announce the people that out there is a new weight loss program and to also give information to people so they can believe it and they can watch it.