Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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2 months ago

let me explain more about the situation, ok? me and my friends and the rest of the class were studying for a history exam that was for our mid-term finals. and this fartinator, who actually farts in class on purpose, (he sits behind me btw) wouldn't stop talking.

I asked him politely to shut up, "hey can you please shut up?" were the words I said and he responded with a "no, I can't" then one thing led to another and I basically roasted his ass, calling him a whiny little b⭐tch in english since he doesn't understand the language.

some of my classmates were backing me up, helping me out. even some of the girls from the class above me (the one that I should've been in) were saying that I'm in the right.

I asked him politely and he didn't stop, he got what he deserved.

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had a roast off with this absolute rat turd that won't shut the f⭐ck up in class. we we're studying for final exams and he won't. shut. the. f⭐ck. up.

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Imma try and do this as much as I can while I still have exams, lol

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