This seems like a topic I've heard on here before, so forgive me if this has been touched on a million times already. Just curious about quotations in dialogue. I looked it up in Elements of Style, but it didn't answer my question- Do you use a period or comma? For example.
"I wanted to," said Jim, "but there wasn't time."
or
"I wanted to," said Jim. "But there wasn't time."
"I wanted to," said Jim, "but there wasn't time."
or
"I wanted to," said Jim. "But there wasn't time."