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Q&A Can I use parenthesis in a conversation

Then he said to her: "I told you I won't do that!” In an undertone, he added, “And I think you shouldn’t either.” Unfortunately, I think that’s the best you can do. I’ve hardly ever seen paren...

posted 10y ago by Seth Gordon‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:16:25Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/9813
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Seth Gordon‭ · 2019-12-08T03:16:25Z (over 4 years ago)
> Then he said to her: "I told you I won't do that!” In an undertone, he added, “And I think you shouldn’t either.”

Unfortunately, I think that’s the best you can do. I’ve hardly ever seen parentheses used as punctuation within dialogue, so if I saw it now, I would have no idea how to interpret them.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-12-26T15:26:35Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 13