Can I do the following: I went to the shop and asked, "How much is this?". Or do I have to start on a new line like this: I went to the shop and asked, "How much is this?". Thanks, Alan.
NaCl is correct (as usual ). Generally speaking, a new person talking = a new paragraph with dialogue. Terry
As NaCl said, you don't put a period after the closing quote. Also, the quoted text and the tag (I asked, in this case) are part of the same sentence, so it is incorrect to put a line break (which really would make it a new paragraph) in between. For more info about dialogue formatting and punctuation, check out He said, she said - Mechanics of Dialogue.
