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Punctuating and Formatting Dialogue

Posted on 18/08/202307/08/2024 by Emma

How To Format Dialogue You’ll remember that before we talked about breaking the rules of grammar within dialogue. That’s totally okay to do but when it comes to how we format and punctuate the dialogue itself within the text, there are important rules that must be followed. This is essential for making sure your dialogue…

Apostrophes and how to use them properly!

Posted on 12/07/202317/08/2023 by Emma

Apostrophes – an easy guide to using them properly! Ah, the apostrophe, the bane of many a writer’s life. An elevated comma? Or an important punctuation mark that is chronically misused? It is definitely the second one. Apostrophes are commonly used where they shouldn’t be and not used when they should be. So welcome the…

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