“Kids today!” said Mr. Faulkner.But the one below is not:
“As far as I’m concerned, there are no rules in creative writing.”
said Mr. McCarthy.Let’s look at the whole dialogue, this time, punctuated correctly:
“Do you think quotation marks are necessary?” asked Mr. Faulkner.
“Some people say yes; some people say no.”“I don’t use quotation marks myself,” said Mr. McCarthy. “I think
they just clutter up a page.”“Do you think this fellow Hynes,” said Mr. McCarthy, “has any
idea what he’s talking about?”“I have a feeling,” said Mr. Faulkner, “that this fellow Hynes is not
paying any attention to us.”“There’s no reason for him to listen to us,” said Mr. McCarthy.
³<RX¶YHEHHQGHDGIRU¿IW\\HDUVDQG,¶PIDPRXVO\UHFOXVLYH ́“That’s no excuse,” said Mr. Faulkner.“What can you do with a young fellow like that?” said Mr.
McCarthy.“Kids today!” said Mr. Faulkner.“As far as I’m concerned, there are no rules in creative writing,”
said Mr. McCarthy.