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Punctuation within Dialogue



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Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:44 am
Demeter says...



Slightly updated! I added a section about whether to place the comma inside or outside the quotation marks.
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Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:03 pm
murtuza says...



Thanks for this, Demi! It's a great reference 8D
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Thanks Dementor! :)
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Aaradhia says...



Thanks for the very helpful advice!It really helps me on my novel:)
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thank you for the informations ,it was really helpfull :)
  





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"Thanks," he said. "Your post really helped me figure out how to punctuate correctly."

He checked himself before continuing. "I was a little unsure if what I was doing was the right thing, but it looked right and now I can continue confidently."

"I also have this link," he finished, "which is related to the material at hand and has often been helpful for me."

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Panikos says...



Great info. It's funny that you said example two regarding the comma placement was the British way of doing it, because I'm English yet I was always taught to put the comma within the speech marks, like in example one.
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AvantCoffee says...



Nice that this resource exists. I found this webpage that explains further dialogue punctuation, including dialogue interrupted by action/thought, quoting within dialogue, dialogue abruptly cut off etc. I wasn't sure where to share the link but here seems to be a good place~

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