Just saw Peter's deadline. I'm slipping in under the wire. We all
have one (at least), don't we? With an English teacher for a mother,
I heard about my mistakes and her pet peeves from about day one. One
that drives me nuts (and I can't figure out how it might have gotten
started) is the use of quotes for any kind of emphasis, as in
My "favorite" grammar misuse is
Come have Sunday "brunch" at the Hotel Hadley
We've made a game of "collecting" these.
These are turning up in LM_NET posts, so I'm realizing this is
becoming accepted, but what is the meaning? Under what circumstances
do you use quotes like this??
I see the misuse of the apostrophe a lot, especially in our school lunch menu.
--
Johanna Halbeisen, Library Media Teacher
Woodland Elementary School (preK-4)
80 Powder Mill Rd, Southwick, MA 01077
johanna.newsong@rcn.com
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