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Labby, not that I'm an expert of that theory, but I think that the point of 'not noticing' the tag means that you get to see who's talking
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LabRat, the main reason for using "said" is to give the writer a reason to insert the character's name next to his/her dialog,
Anna and Sheila - that's a point. Hadn't thought of that.

As I say, I tend to find it doesn't much work for me. laugh I think because I find a run of 'he said/she said' very boring, I tend to always notice when said is used, rather than something else. Especially when I'm reading novels, for some reason.

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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

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