Very confusing for the reader because you start losing track of which dashed section belongs to which sentence. You want to use dashes to set off important, sudden information -- so people will pay attention to it.
If you can avoid the double-dash sticking information in the middle of a sentence and use either parenthesis or commas, do it. Better yet, find a way to say it in two sentences, or a sentence with a subordinate clause. I hate to over-generalize, but generally, two sets of dashes in one sentence means you're over-burdening that sentence.
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Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah -- blah blah blah blah blah blah -- blah blah blah blah blah . Then, blah blah blah blah blah . And blah blah blah blah -- blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah -- blah blah blah blah blah blah blah .
Very confusing for the reader because you start losing track of which dashed section belongs to which sentence. You want to use dashes to set off important, sudden information -- so people will pay attention to it.
If you can avoid the double-dash sticking information in the middle of a sentence and use either parenthesis or commas, do it. Better yet, find a way to say it in two sentences, or a sentence with a subordinate clause. I hate to over-generalize, but generally, two sets of dashes in one sentence means you're over-burdening that sentence.
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