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This is how fictional dialogue is commonly written in English lit. I do not see what the original poster could be doing wrong by following commonly accepted gra
by true_religion 10y ago
This is how fictional dialogue is commonly written in English lit. I do not see what the original poster could be doing wrong by following commonly accepted grammar. Perhaps this is just hitting a pet peeve of yours.
- tptacek 10y agoAgain, the quotation marks are fine, as long as you write carefully enough make it entirely clear that you're not quoting somebody on the thread. And if it's a pet peeve of his, it's one he inherited from the site --- it's a longstanding thing here.
- dang 10y agoIn fictional dialogue the quotes are there to show what a character said, not what they didn't say—that would be confusing! As it is here.