Hey, everyone! Originally, this channel was filled with mostly vlog-style videos (life tips, interesting facts, top 10s, bloopers, etc.), but over time it has developed into something more educational, focusing particularly on the study of English. Some of the old videos that we think may be genuinely helpful have been kept around.
another question. If two people are talking to each other, do you need to have the speaker tag on every sentence? and the second question is if the speech gets to be more than a paragraph can you break it into another paragraph without ending the first with the ending quote? basically "Blah, blah, blah." he said. "then we went up the hill and down the hill. We say this car and then we went to eat pizza. "I know we went to ice cream afterwards, blah, blah, blad."
To answer your first question, if two people are talking to each other, you can start leaving off the speaker tags (but bring them back whenever you want) as soon as the pattern has been established--like this: "Hello," said John. "Hi," said Amy. "How was your day?" John asked. "It was great; how was yours?" "Pretty good--thanks for asking." When a single speaker's dialogue extends into multiple paragraphs, it becomes a matter of style. Most style guides advise quotation marks at the beginning of every paragraph but only at the end of the last one. I hope this answers your questions!
Amazing explanation, I mean it. I was struggling with hyphens, but now I get the general concept of them, how to use them, and I'll learn on from there!
Sir, excellent lecture but umm in the lecture you solved easy ones because I got most of the ones in the lecture right but while solving mcqs i get them wrong
@kspaans thank you. I just watched your other video about hyphens, and this video made me think about the "well-trained" word. I wish I could learn more and start writing a short story or an article.
I have to congratulate so much with you fro your work. As an English student, I cannot but be grateful to you, having sorted out one of the biggest tricky topic for me.
That's a great question! I believe it should be hyphenated (tic-tac-toe), as it appears to be based on a sound effect created by clicking sounds. In other words, it's "trying" to be one word, not three individual words. I hope this makes sense!
