Puctuation marks for thoughts?

Lizy

How should I mark thoughts as distinct from speech? Is this right?
...... she slipped gratefully into the fresh garments. ‘These knickers are too big,’ she thought and checked the label - they were size twelve and she was sure she was a ten.

Phots Moll

A lot depends on the context, but for direct thoughts this seems fine.

heather

Ditto

snailmale

Whatever the correct punctuation, yet another example of a woman in denial

Tiny Nell

I always use italics and no speech marks for thoughts.

Phots Moll

That can work too.

Sometimes you don't need anything.

PaigeElizabethTurner

Same with me, Tiny! Always use italics. But I think both are acceptable.

What an amazing woman that Tiny Nell is thinking along the same lines as myself

Tiny Nell

I couldn't agree more!

Mrs Bear

In my novel I have the main character delirious, and I've put all her thoughts there in italics.
It isn't strictly necessary to put thoughts in any special punctuation, but whichever you choose, stick to it throughout.

Carol

I don't use any speech marks for thoughts.

Liz

I always buy knickers a size too big. I don't like to be restricted.

ana s

Big knickers are hygge.

Lou Treleaven

But better to incorporate thoughts in the narrative - after all, we don't think in sentences. In fact you have done this already with her second thought about the sizing.

She slipped gratefully into the fresh garments. They were huge. She checked the label - they were size twelve and she was sure she was a ten.

Lou Treleaven

But better to incorporate thoughts in the narrative - after all, we don't think in sentences. In fact you have done this already with her second thought about the sizing.

She slipped gratefully into the fresh garments. They were huge. She checked the label - they were size twelve and she was sure she was a ten.

Lizy

Whatever the correct punctuation, yet another example of a woman in denial

Yet another example of sm not reading the text properly before making a misogynist remark.