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unknown

I am currently working on setting a book, and wonder about a few typographic rules. The book is set in Norwegian, and I am not sure wheter specific rules apply to that specific language, however, any comment would be greatly appreciated. The question is, have the sentences been set with the right punctuation regarding the use of ellipsi and comma/period.

� Ellipsis
�It's not that hard to notice �� he continous, �� just look at what you're wearing.� �Fifty.�� she whispered.
(Should there be a space between the ellipsis and the words in the first sentence, and should there be period after Fifty, which is really not a complete sentence?)

� Comma/period
�The money.� he said.
(Should The money be followed by a period or a comma, such as �The money,� he said.)

Oystein

unknown

Oystein, in English there is no space between the preceding sentence and the ellipsis.

And for you second question, we use a comma.

unknown

Just to get this straight, this would be the right way to write the sentence:

�It's not that hard to notice �� he continous, ��just look at what you're wearing.�

unknown

Oystein:

Well, I wouldn't do it that way. Are you also copyediting the book, or just laying it out?

If you can change the verbage, I would phrase it thus:

"It's not that hard to notice," he continues. "Just look at what you're wearing."

(Bearing in mind that Norwegian may be different than English when it comes to parsing sentences.)

unknown

Thanks John,

My main job is limited to layout, however I'll tell the author, since in my opinion, there's too many pauses made with ellipsis.

oystein

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