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Re: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:47 am
by TkoK83Spy
I haven't been around much the past couple weeks, but after browsing around for a bit, I haven't seen any threads with a lot of quotation marks??

Re: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:39 pm
by Wartstein
Hmmm... I guess I do use quotation marks quite a bit.

- For one of course when I am actually quoting someone - like when I repeat a question of someone in quotes so that they know what I am precisely replying too.

- But then there is that "not an English Native speaker" - thing (see? I put that in quotes and honestly noticed just after I typed it... :grin-sweat )

Sometimes (often...) I am not sure if I know or use the correct term and so paraphrase what I mean.
THEN the quotes mean something like "can´t recall the term right now, but you know what I mean".

Simple example: If I could not remember the term "car" I might say "the thing / machine people use to drive around"

Re: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:07 am
by SaltyCaribbeanDfly
Don’t worry about it Gernot, it’s all a bunch of trivial B.S. 👊

Re: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:27 pm
by olywa
The Mastiff wrote:
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:08 am
PS. I’m not entirely convinced about Joe’s idea of shooting the slightly illiterate.
You might be surprised what being shot at can do for a mans character. :)
Not to even mention what it does to his underwear...

Re: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:29 pm
by Doc Dan
What I absolutely HATE is seeing people using the finger quotes when talking. It makes me think they are having a seizure or something.

Re: "Putting" "words" "in" "quotation" "marks"

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:10 pm
by VandymanG
“Grammar”??? Umm no “Thanks”.