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Question How to correctly punctuate this dialogue?
I have some dialogue between two people (a clerk and a person called John Doe). I want the clerk to say to John: "You're John Doe. Still." So I've punctuated it like this: > "You're John Doe. Still," said the clerk, whom John had talked to a few times before. > "Yes, I am." The trouble is having ...
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over 9 years ago
Question Proper way to punctuate an abrupt stopping of speech?
I'd like to properly punctuate one of my characters being stopped in speech, followed by a sentence that explains that the character didn't have time to finish. It's going to be something like this, but I've probably gotten the punctuation and/or paragraphing a bit wrong (please submit the correct ve...
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over 9 years ago