[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Folk in Europe and America: punctuation in quotations?

[Mrs. Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force)]

[Justcarol]:
| As far as I'm concerned, the
| sentence you quoted contains a triple punctuation error (not to
| mention that "you are" rather than "you're" is too pompous for
| dialogue and should be changed. Of course, I don't deal in fanfic!

[Lee]:
Ah, but the "you are" might be character style, too.  For example, if
someone was writing a fanfic about the character of Data in Star Trek Next
Gen, the character doesn't use contractions, so "you're" would be out of
character.  It's important, IMHO, to know the context and style.

Cheers,

Lee :-)
(Who has done some fanfic for Galactica 1980.) :-)

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