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Depending on whether the character actually stutters or just rewords mid-thought, you might write: "Lo— I mean, Warden," he amended. "Lor— er, Warden," he amended. "Lo— Warden," he am...
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2019-12-13T12:00:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T04:09:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Depending on whether the character actually stutters or just rewords mid-thought, you might write: > "Lo— I mean, _Warden,_" he amended. > > "Lor— er, Warden," he amended. > > "Lo— _Warden,_" he amended. In each case, the M-dash indicates an audible but very short pause, maybe accompanied by a quick head shake or wince or some other tiny facial gesture. Italics indicate how firmly the speaker substitutes the new word. I would have no space between the cut-off syllable and the M-dash, because it's filling the space of the rest of the word, but a space after it, because the speaker is changing to a new word, not stuttering through the same one. (that would be "Lo-Lo-Lord" or something similar)
#1: Imported from external source
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2015-04-09T19:49:51Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 5