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The em-dash is a separator. It is not part of either sentence and it goes | The em-dash is a separator. It is not part of either sentence and it goes '''outside''' the markups. | ||
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<i>Opposition to the Constitution.</i>--As soon as the text of the Constitution was made known to the people of the
What is a complete sentence?
These examples use the term "complete sentence" to identify self-contained phrases as well as what we normally think of as "sentences." So, above we have a "complete sentence" and its period goes inside.
Em-dash as separator
The em-dash is a separator. It is not part of either sentence and it goes outside the markups.