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- Scott Rolen
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Re: 4/15 GC
Artie, journalism question for you: If you look at articles/columns written at the Post-Dispatch by Rick Hummel, his quotations read, for example "Shelby Miller throws nothing but a straight fastball. He's not even a good pitcher," said Lucroy.
If you read everyone else, they write in the style I thought was more accepted: "Shelby Miller throws nothing but a straight fastball," Lucroy said.
Do you think Hummel get to write in his own style because of his tenure? This is the only thing I can think of. I'm always on the lookout for it, and he always writes "...," said Person.
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Re: 4/15 GC
The preferred form of attribution in quotes is "Lucroy said," but it's malleable. The usual exception is when the person quoted has a lengthy title, i.e. - "The igloo market in Saskatoon is flourishing," said Peter H. Puck, Acting Asst. Undersecretary of the Housing & Urban Development Association of Canada, Western Provinces Bureau.
As far as Hummel is concerned, he may get some slack because of his status, but in the example you've cited, almost every editor would change "said Lucroy" to "Lucroy said" even if Hemingway had written it.
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Re: 4/15 GC
That's what I thought. Thank you.