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Example: The whole thing sounded a bit strange. How had she gotten my number? I wondered. I didn't know anyone called Maria. The whole thing sounded a bit strange. How had she gotten my...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T02:30:13Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/6252 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Alexandro Chen
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2019-12-08T02:30:13Z (about 5 years ago)
Example: > The whole thing sounded a bit strange. How had she gotten my number? I wondered. I didn't know anyone called Maria. > > The whole thing sounded a bit strange. How had she gotten my number anyway? I didn't know anyone called Maria. Another example: > I wondered if the person who called was Maria. Or maybe my mother. > > I wondered if the person who called was Maria. Or maybe it's my mother, I thought. I'm not sure which one is the 'right' way of narrating the example above. Is it really necessary to add things like "I thought, I wondered, etc," in first-person narrative? It is OK to omit them?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2012-08-24T18:04:44Z (over 12 years ago)
Original score: 5