[Grammar] Everything has two sides to it. A positive one and a negative one.

[sania-baharat]

Is there any differences between the following? If not, why does the writer use the fist one, and is "it" dummy it?

Everything has two sides to it. A positive one and a negative one.

Everything has two sides. A positive one and a negative one.

 

[teechar]

You're focusing on the wrong aspect here. Your punctuation is off. Try again.

 

[sania-baharat]

How about the following?

Everything has two sides to it, a positive one and a negative one.

Everything has two sides: a positive one and a negative one.

 

[Tarheel]

Maybe teechar thinks you should use a dash, thus:

Everything has two sides -- a positive one and a negative one.

 

[teechar]

Yes, an em dash "—".

 

[GoesStation]

Everything has two sides -- a positive one and a negative one.

A colon or semicolon would work, too.

 

[Rover_KE]

A semicolon doesn't work for me; a positive one and a negative one ​isn't an independent clause.

 

[GoesStation]

A semicolon doesn't work for me; a positive one and a negative one ​isn't an independent clause.

I missed that. I agree.