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Old 12-10-2015, 08:44 PM   #75
dgatwood
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I would punctuate it it like this:

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Wasn’t he being a bit of an alpha male—a bit of a king, perhaps?
The em dash creates a stronger separation than a comma, which makes it a good choice for an aside like "a bit of a king, perhaps". With that said, "a bit of a" seems unnecessarily repetitive, so I would probably change it to:

Quote:
Wasn’t he being a bit of an alpha male—a king, perhaps?
or

Quote:
Wasn’t he being a bit of an alpha male—like a king, perhaps?
I think the "perhaps" is fine.

Just my $0.02.
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