TYPICAL ERROR 'Listen to me for a moment,' said James. 'I'm going away for a while.' 'Will you be back tomorrow?' 'No, not that soon.' 'Next week?' 'Not even then. You see, I’m going to see the king.'
CORRECTION
- 'Listen to me for a moment,' said James. 'I'm going away for a while.'
- 'Will you be back tomorrow?'
- 'No, not that soon.'
- 'Next week?'
- 'Not even then. You see, I'm going to see the king.'
EXPLANATION Note that if more than one person is speaking, we treat what each speaker says as a paragraph. Thus, when the first speaker has finished speaking, we write what the second speaker says on a different line. This is the case even if each speaker says only one word.
Continue punctuating the following passage, making sure that you start a new line each time there is a change of speaker. You will also need to add missing inverted commas.