Thread: Question

When writing speech between 2 or more characters do you have to put a full stop at the end? Because I always go:

"Hi, Amy," said Jimmy
"Oh, hey Jimmy," Amy replied
"Got any gum?"
"Nope, sorry. I just finished my last pack."


At the end of the first two sentences do I need full stops?

No, you only put a full stop if it's followed by an action. "Hi Amy." Jimmy rubbed his eyes.

It's always a comma when you follow it with a dialogue tag (he said, she replied), as you did in your first two examples; that's the correct thing to do. .

Edit: Unless you mean at the end of "Jimmy" and "replied", in which case you do put full stops, yes.

Yeah that's what I meant, thanks

"Hi, Amy," said Jimmy.
"Oh, hey Jimmy," Amy replied.
"Got any gum?"
"Nope, sorry. I just finished my last pack."

I believe that is how it should be punctuated.

Ooooh ok thank you, cos my mum claimed I didnt need the full stops at the end lol

Ah dang, really? I use full stops most of the time.