Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh
William Ernest Walshwas the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal football team, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh worked as a sports broadcaster for several years and then returned as head coach at Stanford for three seasons...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 November 1931
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the same function (and who talks in semicolons?).
I'm not one of those "omg texting kids rite bad" alarmists. I just think there's an interesting nexus where the Internet itself hastened language change when it comes to Internet terms.
My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.
There is a weird phenomenon where technology seems to be getting dumber in some ways as it gets smarter.
The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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Everybody isn't everybody.
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
Commit yourself to something you have a passion for.
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses