PUNCTUATIONS AND OTHER FORMATS (We use Chicago Manual of Style)
Special instruction: use ellipses with space in between (. . .)
✓ “What is mean is . . .” (space after a word and no space before quotation mark) ✓ “What the . . . ?” (space after a word and after question mark and exclamation point)
VOCATIVES Name, endearment, or any noun na pang-address sa character na madalas kasama sa isang dialogue. Nilalagyan ng comma (,) ito—after ng name or endearment kung sa unahan nabanggit. Before naman inilalagay kung sa hulihan ng dialogue nababanggit ang endearment/pang-address.