Period After Echoed Yes/No Answer Before an Additional Sentence
The Period
Rulebase Summary
When a sentence continues after the 'yes' or 'no' and its echoed answer (e.g., after 'Yes, I did' or 'No, she hasn't'), put a period after the echoed answer before the additional sentence begins. The echo confirms the yes/no; what follows is a new thought.
BGGP Period.18 · p.77 BGGP Yes and No.8 · p.428
Examples
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A. Yes, I did, he was standing by the doorway when it happened.
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A. Yes, I did. He was standing by the doorway when it happened.
Period after the echoed answer, before the new thought.
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A. No, she wasn't, I checked the sign-in log myself.
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A. No, she wasn't. I checked the sign-in log myself.
Echoed response and additional statement are separate.
Style Guide References (2)
BGGP
Period.18
Page 77
BGGP
Yes and No.8
Page 428