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Originally Posted by Nabeel
'Steve's just won the lottery. He's got a million pounds!'
'A million pounds!' he said.
'Steve's just won the lottery. He's got a million pounds!'
'A million pounds?' he asked.
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Wow, really!? So when do I get my check?
:P But anyhow, yeah, I tend to use words at the end that add variety and only really use said and asked in my example as they're more or less what the other varieties boil down to in meaning. That was something my editor got on my case about early on was my use of certain words too closely to one another in my writing cause an annoying echo chamber effect that I try to avoid these days.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
"The dog is barking. Why is he barking? What is he barking at?" she questioned.
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Yeah, I think that's one that always trips me up. Sometimes I use said if the questions are not exactly questions (ie, sarcasm) or it's more of a statement spoken in question form. Otherwise I default to asked in those situations.