What is the red punctuation doing in this sentence? I will run outside in my pajamas for one thing only-the ice cream truck. Choose 1 answer: A It's a dash! It's separating sentence elements. B It's a hyphen! It's combining two words.

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What is the red punctuation doing in this sentence? I will run outside in my pajamas for one thing only-the ice cream truck. Choose 1 answer: A It's a dash! It's separating sentence elements. B It's a hyphen! It's combining two words.

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The correct answer is:A. It's a dash! It's separating sentence elements.In the sentence, the dash is used to separate and emphasize the phrase "the ice cream truck," which provides additional information or clarification about what "one thing only" refers to.

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What is the red punctuation doing in this sentence? I will run outside in my pajamas for one thing only-the ice cream truck. Choose 1 answer: A It's a dash! It's separating sentence elements. B It's a hyphen! It's combining two words.

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