And We Have XKCD About This 😅

Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

i think that at this point. at THIS point of Things. you can pretty safely assume that almost no one is Doing Well, so instead of being a real shitlord about tiny problems, maybe instead go out of your way to be kinder and more patient to everyone around you.

or at least fucking fake it.

or at least just be quiet.

#Kyjiv #rent

Шукається двох- (або більше) кімнатна квартира біля м. Дарниця (десь +- в області як на малюнку).

З вимог: — 2-4 поверх; — можливість оренди з тваринами (пташки); — швидкий інтернет; — бойлер/пралка/духовка/кондюк (або дозвіл на їх встановлення); — нормальне спальне ліжко (чи домовленість про його придбання/вивіз дивану тощо); — відсутність неадекватних сусідів.

Балкон, велика ванна — суттєвий плюс.

Хотілося б зняти в когось із умовно знайомих. Може, хтось з присутніх думав про те, щоб здати свою в хороші руки? Або знає пристойну, яка скоро звільняється?

«Лайк, репост, дзвіночок»™.

“Lilith and Eve" by SAYAE Heroika Arts, 2018

There wasn’t such a thing as ‘Northern Russia’ back when.

Back then it was Rus’ with the capital in Kyiv, and its rullers called knyaz’ - or prince.

And rigth now I feel hurt and mad at the same time because once again, people are making up russian-propaganga-filled nonsence and erasing Ukrainian history completely.

This is how cultural apropriation looks like and the big western companies gladly buy it. 

Hero Rats

Calling this “extrovert timeshare”

Source

The hobbits invent a fun game called ‘how close can we get to our friends before they notice us’

easy mode: Gimli (makes a lot of noise himself, very easy to sneak up on)

medium mode: Boromir (challenging enough to be great fun)

hard more: Aragorn (VERY attentive to his surroundings)

expert mode: Legolas

MORE MUGS

moist von lipwig:

and adora belle:

AE pessimal: 

when sybil buys vimes a mug:

when VETINARI buys vimes a mug, because no one will EVER believe it was him that bought it:

sybil:

angua: 

carrot: 

otto: