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Punctuating Dialogue

Punctuating Dialogue. Each change in speaker requires a new paragraph. Example: “Tom, we need to move the car,” said Joan. “The snow plow is coming up our street.” “Oh, good call,” said Tom. “We don’t want the car to get plowed in.” “That’s for sure,” said Joan. Punctuating Dialogue.

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Punctuating Dialogue

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  1. Punctuating Dialogue Each change in speaker requires a new paragraph. Example: “Tom, we need to move the car,” said Joan. “The snow plow is coming up our street.” “Oh, good call,” said Tom. “We don’t want the car to get plowed in.” “That’s for sure,” said Joan.

  2. Punctuating Dialogue Use a comma before the attribution and a period after it. End punctuation always goes inside the quotation marks. Example: “Tom, simply put, we do not have enough money to pay our bills,” said Joan.

  3. Punctuating Dialogue However, if you interrupt a sentence with the attribution, then use a comma after the attribution and do not capitalize the word after the comma. Example: “Tom, simply put,” said Joan, “we do not have enough money to pay our bills.”

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