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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Punctuating thoughts
If a character thinks in a story do you use speech marks round the thought like speech?
i.e. "Oh bother," he thought.
i.e. "Oh bother," he thought.
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The problem you have is that quotation marks are supposed to indicate an exact quote, not a general rehash of what was said or thought. Maybe you could have your character talk to himself, as "Oh Brother," he said too himself, wondering what was coming next. I wouldn't get into this sort of thing very much.
- The problem you have is that quotation marks are supposed to indicate an exact quote, not a general rehash of what was said or thought.
- Maybe you could have your character talk to himself, as "Oh Brother," he said too himself, wondering what was coming next.
- I wouldn't get into this sort of thing very much.
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The problem you have is that quotation marks are supposed to indicate an exact quote, not a general rehash of what was said or thought. Maybe you could have your character talk to himself, as "Oh Brother," he said too himself, wondering what was coming next. I wouldn't get into this sort of thing very much.
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