Activity for Chris Barryâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #38357 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Should you only use colons and full stops in dialogues? In a written work descriptive text is intended to be read, it should convey its meaning as effectively as possible and, as Accumulation has said, the purpose of the punctuation is to help make the meaning clear, not to indicate pacing. Dialogue is quite different. The reader is trying to understand ... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |