He felt excruciating pain - and then, he felt nothing

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me how you find the given sentence as far as punctuation is concerned? Any correction would highly be appreciated.

1-He felt excruciating pain-and then, he felt nothing.

Tom

[Yankee]

Good morning, Tom

My personal opinion is the sentence just plain looks weird with "and then" preceded by a dash and followed by a comma. I think that punctuation would be more irritating than useful to a reader.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Tom]

Good morning, Amy.

Thanks a lot.

How would you write this sentence?

Tom

[Alan]

Hi Tom,

As the lady said:

He felt excruciating pain and then he felt nothing.

You could beef it up a bit like this:

He felt excruciating pain. Then he felt nothing.

or

He felt excruciating pain, then nothing

Alan
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