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I am asking this from the point of a reader not a writer and just wondering why, so sorry if this is a bad place. I read loads of books to my kids and the construct always seems to go: "What a...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T11:58:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/45358 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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WendyG
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2019-12-08T11:58:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am asking this from the point of a reader not a writer and just wondering why, so sorry if this is a bad place. I read loads of books to my kids and the construct always seems to go: > "What a day," gleefully burbled Kate With all of the information needed after the fact for reading out loud: who is speaking and the mood of the speech. So why is that preferred over: > Kate gleefully burbled "what a day." * * * This example is chosen to show a quote which I would read in a gloomy voice to discover I was completely wrong after the fact.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-05-23T15:17:22Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 4