I recently finished the Harry Potter series. I know, I know, I’m sort of late, but still, at least I’ve read it (*cough cough Spinette hasn’t yet cough).
While I could tell you what I thought about the book in proper review manner, I’d rather talk about this one issue I had with the book following the colon:
In one of the books, the sixth or fifth or some other number entirely between one and seven, Dumbledore is speaking and in the middle of the dialogue, there’s a pair of parentheses. Like this:
“How’d my brownie (made of vanilla and coffee) get all the way up on that flagpole?” Spinette exclaims.
How does one go about conveying parentheses in vocal conversations? Will someone please explain this to me?
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I don’t know whether it’s just me or if perhaps
everyone else encountering problems with your
blog. It seems like some of the written text in your posts are running off the screen. Can someone else please provide feedback and
let me know if this is happening to them as well? This might be a problem with
my internet browser because I’ve had this happen previously.
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If you use speech marks then what’s contained within them is exactly as said. So if the character says something that’s best represented by parentheses, so you use them. That would work if you had other types of brownie and so the bracketed comment is to clarify which brownie it is.
If you weren’t really asking them, I’m sorry. I have a nervous response to questions and always answer.
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Yes, I really was asking.
But I still don’t get it. Did Dumbledore actually say what was in the parentheses? And if so, how did he say it? Was it quieter, perhaps?
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