Help! How do you punctuate this sentence?

[JennifersLost]

How do you punctuate this sentence in order to put emphasis on the fact the soldiers are trees and stones and not human?????

 

"They are soldiers, and the WFA is an army, not of men, but of trees and stones who have taken on human shape to fight a covert war."

[3lilreds in NC]

I would do it like this:

 

"They are soldiers, and the WFA is an army - not of men, but of trees and stones who have taken on human shape to fight a covert war."

 

I think the hyphen sets off the phrase describing the army and their lack of human-ness nicely.

[melissel]

I would do it like this:

 

"They are soldiers, and the WFA is an army - not of men, but of trees and stones who have taken on human shape to fight a covert war."

 

I think the hyphen sets off the phrase describing the army and their lack of human-ness nicely.

 

Nice! Use an em dash (—) though, not a hyphen.

[3lilreds in NC]

Yeah, I was thinking I needed a dash, but I couldn't remember exactly. Thanks!