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Feeling stupid, but asking anyway.
How often, if ever, can you get away with writing speech as follows:
[font="]“It doesn’t look like we can outrun him on the freeway. I’m going to round up some help.” Julien said, as he raced through a yellow light, and then another.[/font]
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There are some points when it just feels horrible to have a comma at the end of the speech before the speech tag. (This is not the greatest example.) How often can a writer get away with this, if at all? I imagine it will depend on the individual editor/publisher to some degree. Any thoughts?
Ella
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How often, if ever, can you get away with writing speech as follows:
[font="]“It doesn’t look like we can outrun him on the freeway. I’m going to round up some help.” Julien said, as he raced through a yellow light, and then another.[/font]
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There are some points when it just feels horrible to have a comma at the end of the speech before the speech tag. (This is not the greatest example.) How often can a writer get away with this, if at all? I imagine it will depend on the individual editor/publisher to some degree. Any thoughts?
Ella
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