Assertion: dash's use | /r/CapableOf | substitute to indicate rhetorical pause
Facets:
value: as an interruptor at sentence level
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The three main uses of the en dash are to connect symmetric items, such as the two ends of a range or two competitors or alternatives, as a substitute for a hyphen in a compound when one of the connected items is more complex than a single word, and as an interruptor at sentence level, substituting for a pair of commas, parentheses, or to indicate a rhetorical pause.