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Tonyhawk_72@yahoo.com Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Please help me! :)
This has been bugging me for the longest time and It's hard to make progress not knowing this probably obvious fact but, are you supposed to start a new paragraph when a character is thinking?
EX:
[How I would write it:]
My friend asked me if I wanted to go with him to the store. 'Maybe I should go with him, considering that I'm low on bread and milk.' I thought.
Is this correct? And one more thing, just to be sure, a character's thoughts ARE indicated by single quotations right? Please respond ASAP, the sooner the better. Thank You
EX:
[How I would write it:]
My friend asked me if I wanted to go with him to the store. 'Maybe I should go with him, considering that I'm low on bread and milk.' I thought.
Is this correct? And one more thing, just to be sure, a character's thoughts ARE indicated by single quotations right? Please respond ASAP, the sooner the better. Thank You
Top answer
Generally, spoken dialogue and thoughts are given in new paragraphs, but it is not a rule. Your style and your editor will have more to say on the matter. If they appear in separate paragraphs, they sometimes have no enclosing marks at all; they are simply preceded by a dash.
- Generally, spoken dialogue and thoughts are given in new paragraphs, but it is not a rule.
- Your style and your editor will have more to say on the matter.
- If they appear in separate paragraphs, they sometimes have no enclosing marks at all; they are simply preceded by a dash.
- As for single quotations: no, they have no relation to thought quotes at all.
- They are for quotes within quotes and for marking words with special meanings.
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Generally, spoken dialogue and thoughts are given in new paragraphs, but it is not a rule. Your style and your editor will have more to say on the matter. If they appear in separate paragraphs, they sometimes have no enclosing marks at all; they are simply preceded by a dash.
As for single quotations: no, they have no relation to thought quotes at all. They are for quotes within quotes
As for single quotations: no, they have no relation to thought quotes at all. They are for quotes within quotes
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