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I am writing my first novel and this the very first confusion I would like to clarify. As I am not a native English speaker, I find it very hard to understand the punctuation scheme in direct speec...
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System
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2019-12-08T04:07:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Lara
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2019-12-08T04:07:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am writing my first novel and this the very first confusion I would like to clarify. As I am not a native English speaker, I find it very hard to understand the punctuation scheme in direct speeches. Which one of the following is correct? Please explain why the other one is wrong. > “I did what I needed to do.” He lowered his head to look at my face. > > “You should've waited for me,” she replied. or > “I did what I needed to do,” he lowered his head to look at my face. > > “You should've waited for me,” she replied. Also, how well does this punctuation rules apply for action tags like - `he shrugged`, `he smile`, `he scoffed` and similar tags.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-03-20T12:03:33Z (over 9 years ago)
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