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I have some dialogue between two people (a clerk and a person called John Doe). I want the clerk to say to John: "You're John Doe. Still." So I've punctuated it like this: "You're John Doe. ...
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System
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2019-12-08T04:07:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Jez
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2019-12-08T04:07:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have some dialogue between two people (a clerk and a person called John Doe). I want the clerk to say to John: "You're John Doe. Still." So I've punctuated it like this: > "You're John Doe. Still," said the clerk, whom John had talked to a few times before. > "Yes, I am." The trouble is having that comma after the "Still". It sort of makes it look like the sentence is going to continue, as in "Still, I don't care who you are" or whatever. However, his sentence just ends, "Still." How can I give that sentence the kind of finality I want with the full stop, rather than using a comma?
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System
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2015-03-21T20:24:56Z (over 9 years ago)
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