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need help with my dialog grammar.

0are this phrases correct. if i put ( ) it means --- "do I put a comma there?"02br
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001. "But I swear ( ) I didn't know."02br
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002. "I have to make things right ( ) but how?"02br
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003. "No time to explain ( ) just trust me."02br
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004."Not now ( ) I'm too close."02br
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005. "Here ( ) have some cake." 02br
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00 ( in dialog do i place a comma just after the "here" just like in "now,")02br
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006. "Sure ( ) you were" and " Sure ( ) we'd appreciate the help." 02br
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00(do i place a comma just after "sure" just like in "now" and "well")02br
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00thanks for the help.0-
  

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00Tell us what you think first 01b01font00( )02font02b00 OK?02br
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01cite10Market12cite10are this phrases correct. if i put ( ) it means --- "do I put a comma there?"12br
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101. "But I swear ( no comma) I didn't know."12br
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102. "I have to make things right ( a period) but how?"12br
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103. "No time to explain ( a period) just trust m
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0Hi again,02br
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00In dialogue, either a period or a comma can often be used. The coventions of dialogue punctuation are a bit looser.02br
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01font001. "But I swear ( no comma) I didn't know."02font00 Ok02br
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0thanks for the help. need help we one more thing. the comma just before two independent clauses. if the subject comes just after the conjuction i find it easy but when it's not just after i find it confusing. 02br
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0Hi again,02br
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00I'd say that, for practical purposes, you should use a comma if it helps to make the meaning clear. In your first two examples, I see a comma as optional. If you put a comma there, it means I will pause briefly after the first part and think about it. By putting a comma, that's what you are inviting me to do.02br
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0thanks clive you've been a big help. I'm french and I'm working on my grammar. 02br
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00but I find the dialoq punctuation the hardest but i am getting there. thanks again.0-
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Marketare this phrases correct. if i put ( ) it means --- "do I put a comma there?"
1. "But I swear ( ) I didn't know."
2. "I have to make things right ( ) but how?"
3. "No time to explain ( ) just trust me."
4."Not now ( ) I'm too close."
5. "Here ( ) have some cake."
( in dialog do i place a comma just after the "here" just like in "no
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