Example: "You are a jer -- No you are a jerk!" or "You are a jer--" "--no your are a jerk!" Can you use either one? Is there a hard rule for how to do this?
i suggest you get yourself a good punctuation guide... i use harry shaw's 'punctuate it right!'... and/or [as i do] keep these in your favorites menu: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/566/01/ http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/index.html http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm it'll save you a lot of time waiting for others to give you [often conflicting] info here... ;-) hugs, m
I could not find his answer in your links, I did find on other sights, If dialog is cut short, such as someone interupting or something abruptly stops the thought in mid sentence, it would be: "I don't think you should d—" The blast from the gun silences her. (the dash would be a em dash) (windows- en dash alt 0151) if the voice trails off, or just doesn't finish a thought the sight said this: "I don't know if I should say this..."She begins. Looking this up, I did learn 4 dots would be correct if the end of the sentence is an ellipsis. She screams "Maybe you should...." I used ellipsis for both, I will have to change for interupted dialog.
