Quotation Marks
Unnecessary Quotation Marks
11/17/08 11:51 AM Filed in: Indiscriminate
I have this thing where
I “can’t stand” it when people use quotation marks
unnecessarily (unless it’s for ironic purposes, of
course). So, of course, when I saw this sign, it was
one of the happiest moments of my life.
There is an entire blog dedicated to the exploiting
the misuses of quotation marks. Check it out
here.
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My "Second" Publication
06/15/08 11:24 AM Filed in: Indiscriminate
Well, it's happened
again! I submitted a picture to The “Blog” of
“Unnecessary” Quotation Marks a few weeks back, and
it's just recently been added to the site! This one
was on a ramp (obviously) in a homeless shelter some
friends and I were volunteering at in Dayton, Ohio.
It was in the Employees Only section, so it doesn't
get seen too often, but I was lucky enough to witness
it :). (Aren't you glad we have cameras on our cell
phones?)
As a side note, I just realized I don't even have a
link to The Blog under my favorite blogs! Sorry,
Bethany. I'm fixing that now!
For the post on The Blog, click here.
I Got "Published"
04/29/08 05:56 PM Filed in: Indiscriminate
How many of you have visited The "Blog" of
"Unnecessary" Quotation Marks (henceforth referred to
as "The Blog")? I peruse it frequently, especially
when I need to be distracted from homework or just
need to laugh at others' lack of proper punctuation.
A few months ago, over Christmas break, I was visiting my sweet Grandma in her Waterloo retirement facility. They had a sign up that immediately made me think of The Blog. I took a picture on my phone and emailed it to myself for submittal later. Sure, it was cold and icy outside, and it was a facility for older folks, so I can understand why they would tell us to use caution. It appears as though they weren't sure what type of caution we should use, if any real caution at all, so they did what any self-respecting sceptic would have done in the situation; add quotation marks!
Just today I received an email from Bethany saying she used my picture on The Blog! Thanks, Bethany!
A few months ago, over Christmas break, I was visiting my sweet Grandma in her Waterloo retirement facility. They had a sign up that immediately made me think of The Blog. I took a picture on my phone and emailed it to myself for submittal later. Sure, it was cold and icy outside, and it was a facility for older folks, so I can understand why they would tell us to use caution. It appears as though they weren't sure what type of caution we should use, if any real caution at all, so they did what any self-respecting sceptic would have done in the situation; add quotation marks!
Just today I received an email from Bethany saying she used my picture on The Blog! Thanks, Bethany!
For the post on The Blog, click
here.