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all the f1 x gladiator drawings i've done so far

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"How do you live with yourself?"

It's quite easy actually, I survive each day on the fumes of the aesthetic of college professors who wear tweed

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Ludmila Pagliero, Mathieu Ganio

Onegin

Photo Agathe Poupeney

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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Bruges | West Flanders | Belgium.

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Cragside and Brinkburn Priory

theslowtraveler

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Nothing feels better than a literature teacher praising your writing, a math teacher automatically calling you to write out problems, or any teacher saying "Put your hand down I know you know this"

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I have not been posting as I've been absolutely swamped with schoolwork, but I'm caught up and ahead of schedule, so I should have some extra free time now

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artistic spaces

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Misty pond

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Karl Bryullov, ‘Last Day of Pompeii’, (Details)

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Flower Lamps

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Live Long and Prosper Leonard Nimoy, you brought much to life