[Stoat]

Dialogue, I think, is best served by being represented as it was spoken. (I’m weird that way.)

Indeed, but no example that you'd care to cite?

Nothing in the posted article looks terribly out of the ordinary to me, but perhaps I'm missing something.

[Xenalyte]

"I have a child about the same age and it is terrifying to think what an adventurous youngster can get up to."