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T.C. Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Expressing a Thought

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00Here's my question(s):00 00If I'm writing a person's thought in italics, is a comma inserted between that thought and00 00the tag, "she thought?"02br
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00It seems that a comma would be appropriate if the thought was not written in italics; however, the comma inserted between an italicized thought and the "she thought" tag looks like a little much. 02br
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00Hmmm . . .02br
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01i00I’ll never get this done 02i00she thought.02br
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01i00I’ll never get this done02i00, she thought.02br
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"12br 12br 10It seems that a comma would be appropriate if the thought was not written in italics; however, the comma inserted between an italicized thought and the "she thought" tag looks like a little much. 12br 12br 10Hmmm . 12br 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00In your sentence, I think the comma works better.

— Philip

  • "12br 12br 10It seems that a comma would be appropriate if the thought was not written in italics; however, the comma inserted between an italicized thought and the "she thought" tag looks like a little much.
  • 12br 12br 10Hmmm .
  • 12br 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00In your sentence, I think the comma works better.
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01cite10T.C.12cite10Hello,10 12br
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10Here's my question(s):10 10If I'm writing a person's thought in italics, is a comma inserted between that thought and10 10the tag, "she thought?"12br
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10It seems that a comma would be appropriate if the thought was not written in ital
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01cite10Philip12cite11font11b10In your sentence, I think the comma works better. I don't understand why you aren't using quotation marks.12b12br
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10Completely agree.0-
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0 In fiction, quotation marks suggest dialogue. The norm is to use either italics or plain text to indicate a character's thoughts.02br
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00Thanks for your comments.02br
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00Back at it,02br
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01cite10T.C.12cite10In fiction, quotation marks suggest dialogue. The norm is to use either italics or plain text to indicate a character's thoughts.12br
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10Thanks for your comments.12br
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10Back at it,12br
10T.C.12br
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10I agree.0-
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0 Thanks for your response, Yoong Liat. 02br
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00And, in your agreement, comma or no comma?02br
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01cite10T.C.12cite10Thanks for your response, Yoong Liat. 12br
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10And, in your agreement, comma or no comma?12br
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10A comma is required.0-
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0 Merci.02br
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