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Topic : Re: How to correctly punctuate this dialogue? I have some dialogue between two people (a clerk and a person called John Doe). I want the clerk to say to John: "You're John Doe. Still." So - selfpublishingguru.com

Murray165

: Re: How to correctly punctuate this dialogue? I have some dialogue between two people (a clerk and a person called John Doe). I want the clerk to say to John: "You're John Doe. Still." So

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I too would revise your sentence, but by placing the attribution first.

The clerk, with whom John had spoken a few times before, said, "You're John Doe. Still."
"Yes, I am."

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