Multiple quotes within one sentence
Hi Friends,
Is it okay to use many quotes within a line like this?
I said, 'Don't do it,' to which he retorted, 'You have no right to order me around,' so I left the place at once.
Just a sentence I made up, so don't focus too much on that and say it can written as separate dialogues etc. That's not the point. I just want to know if two quotes can be combined like this; that's all.
Thank you, friends.
JKR
Top answer
anonymous I just want to know if two quotes can be combined like this; that's all. No. " you ask interrogatively.
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anonymousI just want to know if two quotes can be combined like this; that's all.
No. Well, obviously you can, but I say, "Don't do it."
"Why not?" you ask interrogatively.
"Because violating basic layout principles had better be done by a genius who has a good reason to break the fourth wall in so trivial a fashion."
OK, do it once just t
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