Sharon said:I would do it like this:
Then I said, "Wait a minute, I want to go, too." or
Then I said, "Wait a minute...I want to go, too."
Silvia B said:The best is:
Then I said: "wait a minute, I want to go too".
Pearl said:I would say:
Then I said: -Wait a minute, I want to go too-.
cuchufléte said:All three of Jacinta's original choices were incorrect.
El inglés es un lío.
Jacinta--jacinta said:I think this was written in error? Could you clarify it, if not?
cuchufléte said:Jacinta--
Please accept my sincere apologies.
It was not you who offered the three incorrect choices!
I will try to be more careful in the future.
I willingly accept whatever punishment you think appropriate, so long as it doesn't require me to get it right the first time.
Cuchu [humbled and ashamed]
from Uruj AsifSo, which one is better?
Then I said; wait a minute, I want to go too.
Then I said, wait a minute, I want to go too.
Then I said: wait a minute, I want to go too.
from Focalist.Then I said, "Wait a minute. I want to go too."
from Sharon.I would do it like this:
Then I said, "Wait a minute. I want to go, too." or
Then I said, "Wait a minute...I want to go, too."
Hello,I would do it like this:
Then I said, "Wait a minute, I want to go, too." or
Then I said, "Wait a minute...I want to go, too."
Yes, you could use a colon after "said," although a comma is customary.
Some people would omit the comma between "go" and "too."
Yes, you could use a period instead of an ellipsis.
Did anyone ever tell you why, RM1? It seems to fly in the face of grammatical wisdom. I tried to find out more about this "rule", which many American sources refer to (most of them disagreeing with it), but none seems able to say where it came from or why it should be.[...] I was taught that "too," when used to mean "also," should always be set off by commas. [...]
I think I wouldn't generally pause between go and too and so would usually not have a comma there.Then I said, ‘Wait a minute, I want to go too.’
I was taught that "too," when used to mean "also," should always be set off by commas.
That, I believe, was fourth-grade grammar, meaning that it was almost 50 years ago; if any explanation was given, I've forgotten the fact. I believe it was just presented as a rule, like everything else: This Is the Way It Is Done.Did anyone ever tell you why, RM1? It seems to fly in the face of grammatical wisdom. I tried to find out more about this "rule", which many American sources refer to (most of them disagreeing with it), but none seems able to say where it came from or why it should be.
Ah, one of those "rules". If they have no reasoning behind them, I tend to think of them rather as rumours — because they start as one person's quirky idea, then spread without anyone knowing the source. In the days before we had 'instant communication', the process was gradual, and their disappearance was correspondingly slow. Nowadays such things go viral quickly, but are often equally quickly quashed. All the signs are that that one's well on its way to the garbage can (unless it gets recycled[...] I believe it was just presented as a rule, like everything else: This Is the Way It Is Done. [...]