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Subject:Re: Misuse of 'quotes' From:Sarah Carroll <sarahc -at- INDIGO -dot- IE> Date:Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:41:14 +0100
Simon,
You might try pointing out that quotation marks are often
understood to represent some text that has been quoted
from somebody else - or to indicate somebody else's
words. He might be a little less anxious to do it if he
thinks he's not going to get credit for all of his own
utterances.
Best
Sarah
sarahc -at- indigo -dot- ie
At 12:32 04/06/98 +0959, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
>Our Marketing Director has obviously been reading the output of too many
>signwriters. He seems to put quotes around "everything" in all his
>sentences.
