POLISHING UP YOUR PUNCTUATION / 39 Using the dash A dash is used for emphasis. What is said between dashes – or after the dash if there is only one – is more emphatic than if there were no dash. If you break your sentence in the middle to make an added point, use a dash before and after it. Janice, Elaine, Maureen, Elsie – in fact all the girls – can go on the trip to London. If the added section is at the end of the sentence, only one dash is needed: This is the second time you have not done your English homework – or any of your homework. The question mark is obviously placed at the end of a question. Do remember to put it there. Students frequently miss it out through carelessness. Is it raining? You won’t go out in the rain, will you? If you are using direct speech, the question mark takes the place of the comma and is always placed inside the inverted commas. ‘When is your interview?’ asked Lucy. ‘Are you travelling by train?’ queried John. REMEMBERING THE QUESTION MARK AND EXCLAMATION MARK Using the question mark