Propar Grammer

“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.

“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement. 

“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”

“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”

Things I didn’t know

“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”

You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.

Okay, but someone please explain question marks when followed by a dialogue tag. How do?

I’ve only seen this post in screenshots till now..

NOICE. Can’t wait to use this

“There are two more ways"—she pointed to the blackboard—“to punctuate interruptions. One is with the em dashes outside the quotations marks to indicate continuous speech. The action occurs at the same time as speech. The other—” she sipped from a glass of water “—is em dashes within the quotation marks to indicate interrupted speech.”

Thank you, because having more than one way to interrupt dialogue is not confusing at all lol (I’ve only seen em dashes inside quotations, the other way hurts my brain—I prefer commas).

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Hello !!

wut iz da hoomin an y u compline dem?

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Hello !!

wut iz da hoomin an y u compline dem?

uhoh just opemed Discord and gave myself the fear

Nixon feels your pain.

butt u diddn spel "offical" korektlee, presinent dikson!

y ru sew anngree? :(

uhoh just opemed Discord and gave myself the fear

Nixon feels your pain.

butt u diddn spel "offical" korektlee, presinent dikson!

wuts A sieawp?

uhoh just opemed Discord and gave myself the fear

Nixon feels your pain.

butt u diddn spel "offical" korektlee, presinent dikson!

balewn

Pluto is the roman god of the dead

Absolutely not.

I need more officalverse friends but lore is so tiring to keep up with ):

wuts A loor?

Hey Polylinguism Polycule: I think your child got into the beer again. @grammar-offical @evilgrammar-offical @evilspellcheck-offical @old-english-offical @spellcheck-offical

SHIT. GRAMMER PUT THAT DOWN

No, put, as in "set" or "place"

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I don't.. I don't even know how you got that

I am not confined to thy logic, though needn't understand, for it was conceived through a process of association. *yo'u

*thou, **you

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Hey Polylinguism Polycule: I think your child got into the beer again. @grammar-offical @evilgrammar-offical @evilspellcheck-offical @old-english-offical @spellcheck-offical

SHIT. GRAMMER PUT THAT DOWN

No, put, as in "set" or "place"

yayyy gameblang! :DDD

GRAMMER N… actually go for it here’s some cash

*SHA265 hash

I don't.. I don't even know how you got that

I am not confined to thy logic, though needn't understand, for it was conceived through a process of association. *yo'u

*thou, **you

Hey Polylinguism Polycule: I think your child got into the beer again. @grammar-offical @evilgrammar-offical @evilspellcheck-offical @old-english-offical @spellcheck-offical

SHIT. GRAMMER PUT THAT DOWN

No, put, as in "set" or "place"

yayyy gameblang! :DDD

GRAMMER N… actually go for it here’s some cash

Hey Polylinguism Polycule: I think your child got into the beer again. @grammar-offical @evilgrammar-offical @evilspellcheck-offical @old-english-offical @spellcheck-offical

SHIT. GRAMMER PUT THAT DOWN

No, put, as in "set" or "place"

yayyy gameblang! :DDD

PUT THAT DOWN

dwammer

*warmer

*grammer

DAS MEE! :D

Hey Polylinguism Polycule: I think your child got into the beer again. @grammar-offical @evilgrammar-offical @evilspellcheck-offical @old-english-offical @spellcheck-offical

SHIT. GRAMMER PUT THAT DOWN

NOT HOW IT WORKS

Yes, it is! Trust me, I'm a Doctor! (Kind of.) [Sort of.] {I attained a doctorate in Gonzo Journalism from the Universal Life Church.} <I can officiate weddings by the way.>

Hey Polylinguism Polycule: I think your child got into the beer again. @grammar-offical @evilgrammar-offical @evilspellcheck-offical @old-english-offical @spellcheck-offical

SHIT. GRAMMER PUT THAT DOWN

NOT HOW IT WORKS

Yes, it is! Trust me, I'm a Doctor! (Kind of.) [Sort of.] {I attained a doctorate in Gonzo Journalism from the Universal Life Church.} <I can officiate weddings by the way.>