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This week's topic is punctuation, specifically how it interacts with dialogue:
First, we have links to our
Grammar 101 articles about basic punctuation:
Grammar 101: Punctuation, Part 1 (periods, question marks, exclamation points, semicolons, and colons)written by
skroberts Grammar 101: Punctuation, Part 3 (hyphens, en dashes, slashes, quotation marks, and apostrophes)written by
green_grrl A common problem is where the commas go in dialogue tags (the he said, she said part of the sentence). This article lays out the rules:
Answer: Comma Use in Dialogue Tagswritten by
melayneseahawk If you're looking for more advanced punctuation, take a look at these two:
Answer: How do you punctuate high emotion?written by
melayneseahawk Answer: What is the correct punctuation for speech that "trails off"?written by
theemdash If you have any other questions about punctuation and dialogue, don't hesitate to take them to our
Ask a Question post.