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A sentence can indicate who is speaking without being attached by a comma. “Yes, but I mean no.” Steve stumbles over his words. “Not the come home part.” In this instance, Steve stumbles ove...
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2019-12-13T12:00:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T10:42:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
A sentence can indicate who is speaking without being attached by a comma. > “Yes, but I mean no.” Steve stumbles over his words. “Not the come home part.” In this instance, _Steve stumbles over his words._ is a complete sentence which interrupts the dialogue, which consists of two complete sentences. It's clear who is speaking, so you don't have to add _he said_ or the like. Use a period at the end of the first sentence of dialogue. You use a comma to attach dialogue to a narrative tag, which may or may not be a complete sentence. > "Yes, but I mean no," says Steve. > > He says, "Yes, but I mean no." > > "Yes, but I mean no," he stammers. > > "Yes, but I mean no," Steve stammers, watching Bucky's face.
#1: Imported from external source
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2019-01-26T20:57:59Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 2