"I love you," he said.
Dialogue: "I love you,"
Dialogue Tag: he said.
LOGIC: Dialogue and dialogue tags are considered as one sentence only.
HOW TO WRITE:
1. Always use quotation marks ("").
2. Dialogues are inside the quotation marks. Dialogue tags are outside the quotation marks.
3. Don't forget to punctuate properly inside your dialogue.
Method:
" + (Dialogue) + (punctuation) + "
Examples:
"I love you."
"I love you?"
"I love you!"
"I love you..."
RULES IF DIALOGUE TAGS ARE AFTER THE DIALOGUES:
1. If the punctuation is not a question mark (?) or exclamation point (!), always use comma (,) and not a period (.), except ellipsis (...).
2. Don't capitalize the dialogue tags.
Method:
" + (Dialogue) + (punctuation) + " + (dialogue tag) + .
Examples:
"I love you," he said.
"I love you?" he said.
"I love you!" he said.
"I love you..." he said.
RULES IF DIALOGUE TAGS ARE BEFORE THE DIALOGUES:
1. Always use comma after the dialogue tag and before the opening quote.
2. Capitalize the first word of the dialogue.
Method:
(Dialogue tag) + , + " + (Dialogue) + (punctuation) + "
Example:
He said, "I love you."
RULES IF DIALOGUE TAGS ARE IN BETWEEN THE DIALOGUES:
1. Use commas, commas, commas!
2. Don't capitalize both the dialogue tag and continuation of the dialogue.
Method:
" + (Dialogue) + , + " + (dialogue tag) + , + " + (dialogue's continuation) + (punctuation) + "
Example:
"Sa tingin mo ba," sabi ko, "hindi ka baliw sa lagay na 'yan?"
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