Post by account_disabled on Dec 10, 2023 4:27:14 GMT
Let's consider two sentences in dialogue, the first without commas and the second with a comma in between. “I'm really sure you're telling the truth.” “Despite the evidence, I'm really sure you're telling the truth.” Now let's insert a narrated part in each one. “I'm really sure,” said the commissioner, “that you're telling the truth.” No problem in this case. The dialogue sentence is single and linear, the comma after the corporals separates the narrated sentence. “Despite the evidence,” said the commissioner, “I am very sure that you are telling the truth.” Some prefer this other form to this form: "Despite the evidence," said the inspector, "I am very sure that you are telling the truth." The comma inside, because it is present in the dialogue sentence without the sentence.
But reasoning in this way it would then be natural to insert another one even after the corporals, to separate dialogue and narration: “Despite the evidence,” said the inspector, “I am very sure that you are telling the truth.” Which is Phone Number Data really ugly to look at. So where to insert the comma? Outside or inside the corporals? I prefer to leave it outside. Double punctuation I find it useless to insert double punctuation in a dialogue: I am referring to the presence of an exclamation point within the corporals, for example, or even a normal period: some tend to insert another period even after the closing of the corporals. And will the point go external or internal to the corporals? Here too I have seen several examples and different opinions. Correct form: single point, internal "You promised not to leave!" the woman shouted. «And instead you are leaving!» This example is simple.
The sentences uttered by the woman are two and separate. The narrative in the middle is a guide for the reader, expressing the action and emotions of the character. The three sentences are all closed by their respective points. Incorrect form: two points, one outside "You promised not to leave!" the woman shouted. Then she added, crying: «And instead you are leaving!». Some prefer this form, because the exclamation point closes the dialogue sentence while the simple point closes the main sentence "Then he added, crying". Honestly, the use of double punctuation seems redundant to me. “Unusual” shape: single point, external "Are you leaving so soon?" asked the woman. Then she added: "Goodbye, then." I wrote unusual because I don't think it's really incorrect. The external point aims to close both the main sentence and the dialogue.
But reasoning in this way it would then be natural to insert another one even after the corporals, to separate dialogue and narration: “Despite the evidence,” said the inspector, “I am very sure that you are telling the truth.” Which is Phone Number Data really ugly to look at. So where to insert the comma? Outside or inside the corporals? I prefer to leave it outside. Double punctuation I find it useless to insert double punctuation in a dialogue: I am referring to the presence of an exclamation point within the corporals, for example, or even a normal period: some tend to insert another period even after the closing of the corporals. And will the point go external or internal to the corporals? Here too I have seen several examples and different opinions. Correct form: single point, internal "You promised not to leave!" the woman shouted. «And instead you are leaving!» This example is simple.
The sentences uttered by the woman are two and separate. The narrative in the middle is a guide for the reader, expressing the action and emotions of the character. The three sentences are all closed by their respective points. Incorrect form: two points, one outside "You promised not to leave!" the woman shouted. Then she added, crying: «And instead you are leaving!». Some prefer this form, because the exclamation point closes the dialogue sentence while the simple point closes the main sentence "Then he added, crying". Honestly, the use of double punctuation seems redundant to me. “Unusual” shape: single point, external "Are you leaving so soon?" asked the woman. Then she added: "Goodbye, then." I wrote unusual because I don't think it's really incorrect. The external point aims to close both the main sentence and the dialogue.