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Re: Double Quotation Marks to Single Quotation Marks - Relaxing t he Standard?
Subject:Re: Double Quotation Marks to Single Quotation Marks - Relaxing t he Standard? From:"T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:46:14 -0500
"ROFLMAO"
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:47:23 -0000, O'Shea ,Elizabeth <Snip>
> But in this instance, I'm most interested in why you want to be ironic about
> the word sarcastic. What did you really mean when you put those inverted
> commas around sarcastic? Did you realise you were implying a different
> meaning to the accepted meaning of the word, or are you just unfamiliar with
> how to use inverted commas?
Whenever I see a liberal sprinkling of quotation marks, I think of
"Doctor Evil."
I dislike using quotation marks and, whenever possible, prefer to use
character tags to highlight content.
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T.
Remember, this is online. Take everything with a mine of salt and a grin.
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