What type of language convention has the author used to separate the declarative sentence from the disruptive phrase in this exc
erpt from "Totally like whatever, you know?"? "Declarative sentences—so—called because they used to, like, DECLARE things to be true, okay, as opposed to other things are, like, totally, you know, not— have been infected by a totally hip and tragically cool interrogative tone?" Commas Question mark Capitalization Em dashes
The language convention that the author used to separate the declarative sentence from the disruptive phrase in this excerpt are em dashes. The disruptive phrase is everything separated from the rest of the sentence by these dashes - "so called because they used to, like, declare things to be true, okay, as opposed to other things are, like, totally, you know, not." This phrase disrupts the natural flow of the sentence by being randomly embedded in it.
Explanation: the sentence should be ”In an effort to keep from going into debt, they made their own lunches at home, and took them to work to save money and live within their means.”
The word the "something" should be replaced. That is because "something" could be anything, from the salt to the the plates for the appetizer. Therefore the word "something" should be replaced because it is unclear and causes us to guess what he is missing.
