The Twin Dashes

Description : The story is about the twin dashes as an important punctuation mark. The story starts with a young boy, named Hisham, who finds it difficult to write the dash on paper. So his older sister, Loubna and his parents help him to write the dash, to understand its significance different uses.

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Keywords : children literature, thr twin dashes, a sudden stop to present, or explain an idea, Arabic orthography, parenthetical setences, explainations, prayers, forward slash, two dashes on top of ea h other, the equal sign in math, the percentage sign.

Type : An educational story

Relations : It is one of eight stories in the collection Our Beautiful Language: The Punctuation Mark

Coverage : The story is about the important role of the dash as an exclamation mark and the its different uses

Language and Age : In Arabic for age 11-12

Publishing Rights : The writer and Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publisher and Place : Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publication Date : 2002

E-Format : 15 pages in Arabic