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Q&A Confused about when to treat something as a dialogue tag

Background: I'm helping a friend edit their fiction. I'm frequently left confused on anything related to dialogue tags. “Yes, but I mean no,” Steve stumbles over his words. “Not the come hom...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by mh9‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:42:44Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41640
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar mh9‭ · 2019-12-08T10:42:44Z (over 4 years ago)
Background: I'm helping a friend edit their fiction. I'm frequently left confused on anything related to dialogue tags.

> “Yes, but I mean no,” Steve stumbles over his words. “Not the come home part.”

As far as I can tell, "stumbles over his words" is being treated as a dialogue tag because of the comma in "Yes, but I mean no,". Is that correct?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-26T20:25:36Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 1