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Q&A When should the dialogue reference be written, before or after the dialogue?

This might be a very trivial question but I don't know what to google to get an answer so asking anyways. In this dialogue; "I have such a miserable cold, your sarcastic remarks are hardly m...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:20:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/46357
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar codeNewbie‭ · 2019-12-08T12:20:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
This might be a very trivial question but I don't know what to google to get an answer so asking anyways.

In this dialogue;

> "I have such a miserable cold, your sarcastic remarks are hardly making any effect on me," he commented.

Should the phrase ' **he commented**' come before or after what he commented? I also tried reading some novels I have downloaded to see what others have done. It seems both ways are used. I am not able to understand how its decided.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-06-29T14:00:02Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 3