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I have to keep asking this because I never get a consistent answer. I've asked this before on here but I lost the account and can't find the page.

Below I will provide an example sentence in various forms to demonstrate what I mean. I want to see which punctuation is correct or most widely accepted. My assumption is an example will be correct along with example 4, which is the one I see used the most.

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning," right as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning!" right as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist. "Good morning!" he said as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a loose grip on the pan handle. "Good morning."

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and as it hit the pan he said, "Good morning."

"Good morning," he said as he flipped the pancake with a practiced wrist flick.

Below I will provide an example sentence in various forms to demonstrate what I mean. I want to see which punctuation is correct or most widely accepted. My assumption is an example will be correct along with example 4, which is the one I see used the most.

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning," right as it hit the pan.

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said "Good morning" right as it hit the pan.

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning" right as it hit the pan.

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning!" right as it hit the pan.

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist. "Good morning!" he said as it hit the pan.

He flipped the pancake with a loose grip on the pan handle. "Good morning."

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and as it hit the pan he said, "Good morning."

"Good morning," he said as he flipped the pancake with a practiced wrist flick.

I have to keep asking this because I never get a consistent answer. I've asked this before on here but I lost the account and can't find the page.

Below I will provide an example sentence in various forms to demonstrate what I mean. I want to see which punctuation is correct or most widely accepted. My assumption is an example will be correct along with example 4, which is the one I see used the most.

I'm most interested in knowing whether example 1 or example 2 is correct. I typically use example 1, treating the dialogue like a quotation.

I'm sure there's other ways to punctuate that I'm forgetting, so please tell me if you know what!

(Another question I have that's relevant to this is with quotations: whether the comma/full stop is placed inside or outside of the quotation marks. I assume it's dependent on whether there is a comma or full stop at the end of the quote itself, but I usually put commas and full stops on the inside.)

Example 1:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning," right as it hit the pan. 

Example 2:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 3:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 4:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning!" right as it hit the pan. 

Keep in mind that I want to know how to punctuate a very particular kind of dialogue, so I'm not looking for suggestions that just move the dialogue to one end or split it into two sentences. The sentence itself doesn't matter. By that, I mean I'm not looking for something like this:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist. "Good morning!" he said as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and as it hit the pan he said, "Good morning."

He flipped the pancake with a loose grip on the pan handle. "Good morning."

I have to keep asking this because I never get a consistent answer. I've asked this before on here but I lost the account and can't find the page.

Below I will provide an example sentence in various forms to demonstrate what I mean. I want to see which punctuation is correct or most widely accepted. My assumption is an example will be correct along with example 4, which is the one I see used the most.

I'm most interested in knowing whether example 1 or example 2 is correct. I typically use example 1, treating the dialogue like a quotation.

I'm sure there's other ways to punctuate that I'm forgetting, so please tell me if you know what!

(Another question I have that's relevant to this is with quotations: whether the comma/full stop is placed inside or outside of the quotation marks. I assume it's dependent on whether there is a comma or full stop at the end of the quote itself, but I usually put commas and full stops on the inside.)

Example 1:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning," right as it hit the pan. 

Example 2:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 3:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 4:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning!" right as it hit the pan. 

Keep in mind that I want to know how to punctuate a very particular kind of dialogue, so I'm not looking for suggestions that just move the dialogue to one end or split it into two sentences. The sentence itself doesn't matter. By that, I mean I'm not looking for anything like this:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist. "Good morning!" he said as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a loose grip on the pan handle. "Good morning."

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and as it hit the pan he said, "Good morning."

"Good morning," he said as he flipped the pancake with a practiced wrist flick.

I have to keep asking this because I never get a consistent answer. I've asked this before on here but I lost the account and can't find the page.

Below I will provide an example sentence in various forms to demonstrate what I mean. I want to see which punctuation is correct or most widely accepted. My assumption is an example will be correct along with example 4, which is the one I see used the most.

I'm most interested in knowing whether example 1 or example 2 is correct. I typically use example 1, treating the dialogue like a quotation.

I'm sure there's other ways to punctuate that I'm forgetting, so please tell me if you know what!

(Another question I have that's relevant to this is with quotations: whether the comma/full stop is placed inside or outside of the quotation marks. I assume it's dependent on whether there is a comma or full stop at the end of the quote itself, but I usually put commas and full stops on the inside.)

Example 1:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning," right as it hit the pan. 

Example 2:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 3:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 4:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning!" right as it hit the pan. 

Keep in mind that I want to know how to punctuate a very particular kind of dialogue, so I'm not looking for suggestions that just move the dialogue to one end or split it into two sentences. By that, I mean I'm not looking for something like this:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist. "Good morning!" he said as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and as it hit the pan he said, "Good morning."

I have to keep asking this because I never get a consistent answer. I've asked this before on here but I lost the account and can't find the page.

Below I will provide an example sentence in various forms to demonstrate what I mean. I want to see which punctuation is correct or most widely accepted. My assumption is an example will be correct along with example 4, which is the one I see used the most.

I'm most interested in knowing whether example 1 or example 2 is correct. I typically use example 1, treating the dialogue like a quotation.

I'm sure there's other ways to punctuate that I'm forgetting, so please tell me if you know what!

(Another question I have that's relevant to this is with quotations: whether the comma/full stop is placed inside or outside of the quotation marks. I assume it's dependent on whether there is a comma or full stop at the end of the quote itself, but I usually put commas and full stops on the inside.)

Example 1:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning," right as it hit the pan. 

Example 2:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 3:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning" right as it hit the pan. 

Example 4:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and said, "Good morning!" right as it hit the pan. 

Keep in mind that I want to know how to punctuate a very particular kind of dialogue, so I'm not looking for suggestions that just move the dialogue to one end or split it into two sentences. The sentence itself doesn't matter. By that, I mean I'm not looking for something like this:

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist. "Good morning!" he said as it hit the pan. 

He flipped the pancake with a twist of his wrist and as it hit the pan he said, "Good morning."

He flipped the pancake with a loose grip on the pan handle. "Good morning."