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Stefan Timm Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

"She said" vs "said she" and other questions.

I'm working on a fantasy story and there are a couple of questions that I have, concerning the structure of sentences with character dialogue.

1. Question

For example: "This is delicious!" Iminye said, enjoying her meal. / "This is delicious!" said Iminye, enjoying her meal.

Which one would be correct?


2. Question

Alas, if "Iminye said" and "said Iminye" are both correct, should a writer then stick to one or the other way, or can both ways be used interchangeably throughout the progress of a story?


3. Question

For example: Iminye sat down and began to eat. "This is delicious!" she said, enjoying her meal. / Iminye sat down and began to eat. "This is delicious!" said she, enjoying her meal.

Since it's established who is eating, there would be no need to mention the character's name, hence the "she".

But which example would be the correct way to write it? I automatically assume the first one, just based from the way it sounds.

But if the "she" was replaced with "Iminye" and both "Iminye said" and "said Iminye" were correct, then that means this only works when names are mentioned?


4. Question

I assume that other words used instead of "said", such as: asked, stated, remarked, answered etc... would follow the same rules?

For example: "Where do we go?" Iminye asked. and "Where do we go?" she asked. / "Where do we go?" asked Iminye. and "Where do we go?" she asked.


Or for example: "Where do we go?" Iminye curiously asked. and "Where do we go?" she curiously asked. / "Where do we go?" asked Iminye curiously . and "Where do we go?" she curiously asked.

In both examples, which would be the correct way to write it?


5. Question

For example: Iminye was enjoying her meal, "This is delicious!" / Iminye was enjoying her meal. "This is delicious!"

The first example is one sentence with a comma.

The second example is separated into two sentences with the use of a punctuation placement.

But which way to write it? Or are both examples correct?


I hope none of my questions were confusing.

I appreciate any help.

Thank you

  
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