LadyR Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 My dd is editing her first person essay and is not sure how to properly punctuate a personal thought. This is what she has: "Can it be that nobody here knows the very purpose for which we were created?" I thought. She was told that quotation marks should be removed because they are only used with spoken words and not thoughts. I think that maybe she should just italicize it and take out "I thought." What is proper in this instance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I agree with you. (does she answer her question?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Yes, it would be better to write the thought in italics. As I think on it, I have read many books that have thoughts written in the narrative in italics. Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyR Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 Thanks for your input. Anyone else like to give their opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deidre in GA Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 ds 14 has taken online writing courses with Home2Teach. when they were working on writing dialogue, he was told to put thoughts in italics. hmmm, what did we do to show 'thoughts' in the pre-word processing computers days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Pre-word processing, I think you would write: I thought, can it be that nobody here knows the very purpose for which we were created? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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