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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Inversion

Should I interchange the position of the subject, 'John', with the position of the verb, 'said', in the following sentence? Or, is it just up to me, optional?

"I am your friend", said John.
  

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It's optional.

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"I am your friend", said John.
"I am your friend," said John.
(The comma should be inside the closed inverted commas.)
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tamguatlay(The comma should be inside the closed inverted commas.)
According to some style guides.
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