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Read the excerpt from "The Railroad Earth." So there I am in dawn in my dim cell——2½ hours to go till the time I have to stick my railroad watch in my jean watchpocket and cut out Within these lines, where is the most appropriate place for a pause? after "dawn" after "cell" after "railroad" after "jean"

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B. After cell

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After cell

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In this excerpt, a pause should be made after the word cell. We also have a punctuation mark, an em dash, pointing to that. The em dash can take place of commas, parentheses, colons, and even semi-colons (like in this case), and it indicates the presence of a pause. It's a very versatile mark indicating good writing skills, but its use should be limited to two times in a sentence so that confusion doesn't arise.

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