'Well,' said Cindy.

So, well, it requires deep thought.

What? Is this thing called "love"?

"What is this thing?" called Love.

Eats shoots and leaves.

That's actually a book title dealing with commas. Funny stuff!

You don't want to get on his bad side.

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In the second, Cindy is being addressed. (Not sure what that's called in grammar.)

Unless you are describing Cindy as a whole ex: Well built Cindy rocked my world.

You could use it as a description but even then it would be more likely to be: A well spoken Cindy.

Maybe I am wrong..just what I have observed reading and all.
The quotation marks look correct...
Tikki

Aah...the early 90's…


Tikki

It was very nice, post-Hitler.

a person who was mute and tongue tied for their entire lives due to a kick in the head by a horse high on jimsum weed, up to the moment he/she saw a person called Cindy and was struck by her beauty and grace which loosened their tongue --- and --- Well (who was silent up to this time) said, "Cindy!" Causing great joy in the village and making their parents weep.

And that is as far as I want to think about this.

That's what I want to know.

...who makes one big impression come dinnertime.

After all, without your good friend, the comma, a new entree enters the menu when you say, "Let's eat Gramma!" instead of "Let's eat, Gramma!"

You left that choice out, and that's my choice.

Sorry for the ambiguousness of the post.

The different ways people on this thread have responded has made it quite interesting.

Thanks to you, MM, and everyone else, for your collective wisdom and wit. =)

though it is not the version you asked about.

I try to cover all bases when explaining such things. It is the pedant in me. (No, no, no!--You do NOT get to ask me *which* pedant. That would just be rude--and inappropriately salacious!)

Well said, Cindy!

If you are quoting Cindy's use of an interjection, though, it would be thus:

"Well," said Cindy.

I cover this issue in my article "Commas with Direct Address" on my grammar and usage website:
http://grammartips.homestead.com/directaddress.html

The proper punctuation with interjections topic is in another article:

"What Is an Interjection, and How Do I Punctuate It?"
http://grammartips.homestead.com/interjections.html

And general rules about quotations is in yet another:

"Quotation Marks: A General Explanation of How They Are Used":
http://grammartips.homestead.com/Generalquotes.html

The question of where to put periods, commas, and other punctuation marks with quotation marks, as well as the differences between British and American usage in this matter (plus a brief explanation of *why* our usage differs) is answered in another article:

"Quotation Marks: Where Do the Commas and Periods Go--and Why?"
http://grammartips.homestead.com/inside.html

The name of my grammar and usage website is Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert, so anyone should be able to understand my explanations, even if he or she has no recollection of grammar lessons from school. If I ever need to use a technical term, I explain it in an easily understood way. For example, my brief explanation of the terms "transitive verb" and "intransitive verb" is actually popular with readers. They leave comments and send me emails telling me that they love how I explain the terms. (Besides keeping explanations easy to understand, I often use humor, and my readers seem to get a kick out of that.)

To read the article with the explanation of transitive and intransitive verbs, go to "The Proper Use of 'Lay' and 'Lie' ":
http://grammartips.homestead.com/lie.html

BTW, every article on my 10 public websites has at the bottom a link to the article index and one to the homepage of that site. The homepage of each site has a list of links to the homepages of my other 9 sites. I write on a wide range of topics, including essay writing, teaching/education, understanding poetry, parenting and children's issues, deafness/hearing loss, ADD/ADHD, etc. I also have one site where I post funny true stories about children and one with funny true stories about animals. My tenth site is where I post articles that don't fit into the categories of my 9 dedicated sites.

With about 450 articles spread across 10 sites, I might have something there to interest a few of you if you want to pop over to my place to scan my various article indices. If you do, feel free to leave a comment or send me an email letting me know you are a fellow DUer and letting me know whether you found my articles useful or interesting!

NOTE:
There is a tower ad on my pages for WhiteSmoke writing software. Apparently it has tracking cookies, so some antivirus programs tag it as malware. I am removing it from my pages, but I have about 1000 pages on my 10 public websites, so it is taking a while to get to all of them. Now that the semester is over, that should go much more quickly, though. Anyway, as long as you do not click that WhiteSmoke tower ad, you won't have any problem.

I am typing very clumsily on a 7" Nook, and I often accidentally hit the wrong key as I type, especially when the post is long. I must have accidentally hit "post" before finishing, but since I thought I had accidentally just gone to another page (which often happens as I type a post), I used the back key to return to my post in progress, completed it, and then posted it. I didn't realize I had already posted the unfinished version until I posted the finished one.

Sorry.

Thanks for clearing that up.

I'm not a grammarian. "B" looks right, but something tells me the correct answer is actually "A"