This is more of a question that I'd like other writers to weigh in on, concerning dialogue and the usage of commas, question marks, capitalizing and periods.
Is the question mark used like this:
“Where is it?" He asked excitedly.
or this:
"Where is it", he asked excitedly.
[note no question mark on the second example and 'He' is capitalized in one and not the other. Also the comma is outside the quotation marks on the second, (see below example)]
Also the usage of the comma; is it like this:
"It's about time", he exclaimed giddily.
[note also the comma is outside the quotation marks]
or this:
"It's about time," he said giddily, "that we head out."
[note this version connects two dialogue parts unlike the first. 'He' is thus lower case 'he']
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Pirate
Over 90 days ago
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