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Old 06-03-2017, 12:16 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
Are you talking about first-person narration or third-person narration? If the former, that's equivalent to dialog, and punctuation can be used for effect and to illuminate character, though one shouldn't overdo it. But if it's third-person narration, I would tend to agree with your friend that exclamation points should not be used.
I disagree. If the punctuation is in the book, then it should be read that way.
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