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Sailsofoblivion Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Paragraph For Emphasis
Does this section read better if I rewritten from:
They looked at each other, frightened, before Hamish replied, “They’re deid. We ran away from the foster home.”
To:
They looked at each other, frightened.
"They’re deid. We ran away from the foster home," Hamish replied.
They looked at each other, frightened, before Hamish replied, “They’re deid. We ran away from the foster home.”
To:
They looked at each other, frightened.
"They’re deid. We ran away from the foster home," Hamish replied.
Top answer
I'd do it like this: They looked at each other, frighte ned. Ham ish replied, “They’re dead . ” However, if you are going to continue asking this kind of question, you should realize that such format decisions should be based on the overall layout of the text, not just small segments of it.
- I'd do it like this: They looked at each other, frighte ned.
- Ham ish replied, “They’re dead .
- ” However, if you are going to continue asking this kind of question, you should realize that such format decisions should be based on the overall layout of the text, not just small segments of it.
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I'd do it like this:
They looked at each other, frightened. Hamish replied, “They’re dead. We ran away from the foster home.”
However, if you are going to continue asking this kind of question, you should realize that such format decisions should be based on the overall layout of the text, not just small segments of it.
They looked at each other, frightened. Hamish replied, “They’re dead. We ran away from the foster home.”
However, if you are going to continue asking this kind of question, you should realize that such format decisions should be based on the overall layout of the text, not just small segments of it.
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