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Q&A Dialogue continuations by another speaker: capitalize or no?

Which of these is correct? I showed him the woman. “Blood loss is a problem. She needs the wound cauterized.” His eyes widened, “I can’t do that! Her face—” “—is half scraped off. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Domenic‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:14:48Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31131
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Domenic‭ · 2019-12-08T07:14:48Z (over 4 years ago)
Which of these is correct?

> I showed him the woman. “Blood loss is a problem. She needs the wound cauterized.”
> 
> His eyes widened, “I can’t do that! Her face—”
> 
> “—is half scraped off. She’s not going to care about a burn.”

vs.

> I showed him the woman. “Blood loss is a problem. She needs the wound cauterized.”
> 
> His eyes widened, “I can’t do that! Her face—”
> 
> “—Is half scraped off. She’s not going to care about a burn.”

Pro-lowercase: it's continuing the same sentence; if it was the same speaker, I'd definitely lowercase.

Pro-uppercase: it's a new speaker, and it feels like new speakers should get capitalization?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-10-29T22:53:14Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 4