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Q&A Can we use other things than single-word verbs in our dialog tags?

"Albert, you're already drunk! Stop it!" she implored him. "Nah, if I stop drinking, I won't have an excuse to miss work tommorrow!" he joked around. I am wondering if it's possible to ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by yocu‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Amadeus‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:40:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/47207
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar yocu‭ · 2019-12-08T12:40:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
> "Albert, you're already drunk! Stop it!" she implored him.
> 
> "Nah, if I stop drinking, I won't have an excuse to miss work tommorrow!" he joked around.

I am wondering if it's possible to use phrasal verbs like "joked around" in our dialog tags. Also, aside phrasal verbs, is it possible to not even use a verb in our dialog tags? I can't imagine it being possible, but I thought maybe someone had an example in mind where we don't use any verb or phrasal verb at all.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-08-08T17:09:09Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 8