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Q&A Proper way to punctuate an abrupt stopping of speech?

I'd like to properly punctuate one of my characters being stopped in speech, followed by a sentence that explains that the character didn't have time to finish. It's going to be something like thi...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Jez‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:05:15Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/16403
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jez‭ · 2019-12-08T04:05:15Z (about 5 years ago)
I'd like to properly punctuate one of my characters being stopped in speech, followed by a sentence that explains that the character didn't have time to finish. It's going to be something like this, but I've probably gotten the punctuation and/or paragraphing a bit wrong (please submit the correct version as an answer):

> "Yes, I th–" he was not allowed to finish.
> 
> "Shut him up NOW!" the guard growled.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-03-06T01:28:59Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 5