"Miller, Bert" wrote:
Yuka blushed, then muttered, "addictive candy panties. Guys
"Addictive (caps)
I went back and forth on this. It certainly LOOKS better in caps,
but I kept thinking official grammar says to go in lower case,
as it's a continuation of a sentence.
No it isn't. Yuka is starting a *new* sentence. The sentence should read,
Yuka blushed, then muttered, "Addictive candy... etc.
"Well done, Son-In-Law," approved Cologne, suddenly standing next
to Ranma. "At least two special attacks invented on the spur of
the moment, as well as mixing up the ones you already knew so
Happi couldn't predict your next move."
"I can handle Happi's detoxification from here," she continued
Grammatical nitpick: If the same speaker continues through two
successive paragraphs, don't use an end quote mark at the end of the
first, but do keep the opening quote mark in the second.
Hadn't heard that one.
Another respondent suggested that it was optional to leave off the
close quote when continuing speech across a paragraph break.
I don't believe that this is the case. A close quote mark at the end
of a paragraph, to me, means that someone else is going to be
speaking.
"Please..." Gosunkugi moaned. "All right, yes; I did. I've got
the money here in my pocket. Where and when do I pick up the next
one?" I could almost feel the poor guy figit; must have it real
fidgit, I think.
fidget, as someone else has already pointed out
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