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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Proper way to format "I mean"?
When you use "I mean" in dialogue this way, which is best way to format it?
"Did you feed him? The dog, I mean."
I want to have something like this, but is "The dog, I mean" actually part of the first sentence? Should I be using an em-dash? A semicolon? Should they be separate but each with a question mark? And what on Earth am I supposed to do if I want to split the two up with a dialogue tag in the middle?
"Did you feed him? The dog, I mean."
I want to have something like this, but is "The dog, I mean" actually part of the first sentence? Should I be using an em-dash? A semicolon? Should they be separate but each with a question mark? And what on Earth am I supposed to do if I want to split the two up with a dialogue tag in the middle?
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I think it's correct as you have it: a question and then a statement of clarification.
- I think it's correct as you have it: a question and then a statement of clarification.
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I think it's correct as you have it: a question and then a statement of clarification.
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