Exercise: Revising using dashes

Revise the following sentences to add dashes where appropriate.

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  1. Most people would say that Labradors are easy dogs to train but they never met our Millie.
    Most people would say that Labradors are easy dogs to train but they never met our Millie.
  2. Even if marijuana is dangerous an assertion disputed by many studies it is certainly no more harmful to human health than alcohol and cigarettes, which remain legal.
    Even if marijuana is dangerous an assertion disputed by many studies it is certainly no more harmful to human health than alcohol and cigarettes,...
  3. If too much exposure to negative news stories makes you feel depressed or anxious and why wouldn’t it? try going on a media fast.
    If too much exposure to negative news stories makes you feel depressed or anxious and why wouldn’t it? try going on a media fast.
  4. Union Carbide’s plant in Bhopal, India, sprang a leak that killed more than 2,000 people and injured an additional 200,000.
    Union Carbide’s plant in Bhopal, India, sprang a leak that killed more than 2,000 people and injured an additional 200,000.
  5. Refrigerators especially side-by-side models use up more energy than most people realize.
    Refrigerators especially side-by-side models use up more energy than most people realize.