/lit/ - Literature

>>10815451

- some do it without any apostrophes, he said

- really? how do they know when the dialogue starts or ends?

- they don't.

Is it a British thing?

I'm British I have always put speech inside "speech marks". I only use single marks for dialogue inside dialogue

can't afford the extra one

>>10815519
A dash? Gen z wew

>>10815617
I remember reading a Discworld book that used ", and later re-reading it with a different cover that used ' instead

>>10815625

>>10815625
It's as old as Gaddis, pleb, and he took it from Spanish literature

>>10815638
I seen it in renderings of Socratic dialogues

It's annoying is what it is. Same with poofs who don't use the Oxford comma or those who don't capitalize the word "I".

apostrophes indicate contraction or possession.
speech is not marked with apostrophes, it is usually marked with quotation marks. quotation marks can be "double" or 'single'.
single quotation marks look similar to apostrophes, but they are not apostrophes.

>>10815519
the quotation dash is commonly used in place of quotation marks in many languages

>>10815617
>Is it a British thing?
no of course it isn't

>>10815451
It's taken from the french, and it's a characteristic of modernism.