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Q&A How to tell where to place a parenthetical em dash phrase?

Sometimes it's clear to me. But other times I get kind of confused. Example: After returning the materials back to their shelves, I turned—as were the others—the chair upside down on the tabl...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:56:56Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexandro Chen‭ · 2019-12-08T03:56:56Z (over 4 years ago)
Sometimes it's clear to me. But other times I get kind of confused. Example:

> After returning the materials back to their shelves, I turned—as were the others—the chair upside down on the table and followed the girl.
> 
> After returning the materials back to their shelves, I turned the chair—as were the others—upside down on the table and followed the girl.

(_As were the others_ refers to the other chairs. They're already stacked on the other tables.)

In cases like this, I'm not very sure where to place the parenthetical em dash phrase. Is there any technique or tip I can use?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-01-03T16:18:05Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 0