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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Word Attached to Ellipses

Please have a look at this:

"Jake, Jake, Jake...still thinking that that's the way to go about things."

Is it grammatically correct that the "still" is lowercase since it is part of the same sentence?

Thanks.
  

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This is a matter of style, not grammar. We are free to write dialogue pretty much any way we want. I think you're OK with "still" if that's how you want it to read, but I'd put spaces in there: "Jake, Jake, Jake ...

— Enoon

  • This is a matter of style, not grammar.
  • We are free to write dialogue pretty much any way we want.
  • I think you're OK with "still" if that's how you want it to read, but I'd put spaces in there: "Jake, Jake, Jake ...
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This is a matter of style, not grammar. We are free to write dialogue pretty much any way we want. I think you're OK with "still" if that's how you want it to read, but I'd put spaces in there: "Jake, Jake, Jake ... still thinking that that's the way to go about things."
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