: Re: Grammar of, in dialogue, someone quickly negating a previous word? For example, let's say that someone says a word, but then immediately "corrects" it to a different word. Do you use a comma,

None of the above. I think you have a crucial comma in the wrong place to get the sense out of the sentence that I think you're aiming for, and also the tense feels dislocated to me. I would use the following:

"If, no when John arrives, he's got some explaining to do."

Emphasis is important in this kind of situation and using italics to put a definite accent on the term the user has decided best fits the situation is, I feel, the quickest way to convey their intend to take John to task upon his arrival.

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