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Re: "Modern" manglings of the "English" language
Posted By: Luisa, on host 159.28.48.44
Date: Friday, May 5, 2000, at 14:33:35
In Reply To: Re: "Modern" manglings of the "English" language posted by Diane on Thursday, May 4, 2000, at 10:09:16:

> Quotes, dammit.
>
> Why is it that quotation marks are now used to denote stressing a word or phrase, such as the following:
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> Buy a ComfortRest matress, and get a really "good" night's sleep!
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> Quotation marks used like that always say, to me, faceitiousness. Such as "Oh sure, you get a "good" night's sleep. Really. Honest. Would we lie? ::Snicker::"


There used to be a sign in my town that said: Need glasses? Come to "Dr.Smith"!

Do I really want to go see a doctor who has to use quotation marks?????

Luisa

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