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Following my question here I am still unsure if it is a 'hard and fast' rule to italicise thoughts. My preference is to use normal quotation marks, so that if a person is thinking in a dialogue si...
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System
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2019-12-08T03:04:07Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Javeer Baker
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2019-12-08T03:04:07Z (over 4 years ago)
Following my question [here](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8077/punctuating-dialogue-with-oneself) I am still unsure if it is a 'hard and fast' rule to italicise thoughts. My preference is to use normal quotation marks, so that if a person is thinking in a dialogue situation or description, all the text appear normal. I follow British style. **Example** > "Are you Ok?" the teacher asked. > > "Damn," John thought as he tried to cover his wounded hand. > > "Are you OK?" the teacher asked again.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2013-09-09T02:27:50Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 4