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I am conflicted about which one is appropriate for a story, or whether it makes a difference at all. A few years ago, god knows where, I've seen speech that was formatted like so: —Hello. - Tom...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:57:39Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/20509 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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D. Tunus
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2019-12-08T04:57:39Z (about 5 years ago)
I am conflicted about which one is appropriate for a story, or whether it makes a difference at all. A few years ago, god knows where, I've seen speech that was formatted like so: > —Hello. - Tom said. and a more common form which is found in a lot of books: > "Hello," Tom said. Does it make a difference, whatever one I use? EDIT: I don't know how this displays since I am using my phone, but the first speech format was supposed to have a dash at the front in case it is replaced on your screen with a dot.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2016-01-18T22:15:20Z (almost 9 years ago)
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