Random Punctuation Poll

[gnomi]

Random Monday Morning Punctuation Poll

[Poll #818473]

Comments

[byrne.livejournal.com]

I never use the thought as dialogue construct. It's a minefield that is easy to avoid. Instead, I would use something like:

"I don't know," he lied, hiding the fact that he really did know but had no intention of sharing that fact.

(Edit for context and character, of course.)

[tygerseye.livejournal.com]

Yes yes me too me too. (Note the complete lack of commas because I hate sentences with as many commas as there are WORDS. Ugh.)

Unless it's first person POV, and then I sometimes use the 'I thought' thing, but with no punctuation at all.

But really, I am a clueless punctuation dork, so the better answer is "I don't know, whatever my editor (or brain, my geeky co-writer) says I should use..." LOL

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

::procures tygerseye some commas::

How do you feel about "Yes, yes; me, too, me, too"?

[tygerseye.livejournal.com]

But I don't want commas! *whine and pout*

That is really, really, really ugly. Not as ugly as "Yes, yes, me, too, me, too." But really damn close. LOL

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heh.

See, my gut instinct would be to recast it. Because I would insist on all that pumctuation there. So recasting -- "Yes," said so-and-so. "Me, too." -- is the best solution I can come up with off the top of my head. Still lots of punctuation, but varied.

[tygerseye.livejournal.com]

I would do that, too. But I would break it up even further...

"Yes." So and so walked over to the whatchamacallit and picked up a thingamabob. "Me, too."

;-)