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Twistedthistle Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Punctuating a tricky piece of dialogue

Hi everyone. I'm having trouble punctuating the following piece of dialogue.

He turned to Peter and said, 'Yes, in fact I do,' and then, turning to his daughter, 'Come on, let's go home'

Does this seem OK to everyone? Is it OK to capitalize the "Come on" when there's no preceding speech tag? Or should I be doing something with em dashes:

He turned to Peter and said, 'Yes, in fact I do' -- and then, turning to his daughter -- 'come on, let's go home.'

If so, should I be putting a period after the "do" and capitalizing the "Come on" , like this:

He turned to Peter and said, 'Yes, in fact I do.' -- and then, turning to his daughter -- 'Come on, let's go home.'

Any advice would be very much appreciated. Oh, and please don't give any suggestions about re-phrasing. I'm interested in knowing how to punctuate this specific example.
Thanks in advance!
TT
  

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twistedthistle Does this seem OK to everyone? You need a period after 'home'. twistedthistle Or should I be doing something with em dashes: Avoid that pitfall.

  • twistedthistle Does this seem OK to everyone?
  • You need a period after 'home'.
  • twistedthistle Or should I be doing something with em dashes: Avoid that pitfall.
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twistedthistleDoes this seem OK to everyone?
You need a period after 'home'.
twistedthistleOr should I be doing something with em dashes:
Avoid that pitfall.

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