on 4/21/02 9:10 PM, Johanna Halbeisen at johanna.newsong@RCN.COM wrote:
> 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.
>
I'm one of those who uses quotation marks in a way that might be considered
as emphasis, but what I really intend is for the reader to understand that
the word in quotes doesn't actually mean what it usually does. When
speaking, the tone of voice can indicate that, but with print, as you all
know, that vocal inflection gets lost. By noting the word as unusual, I
hope the reader knows that it was intentional instead of just another
grammar error. If readers are taking it as emphasis, perhaps I should find
another way to distinguish my vocal inflections.
--
Gail Smith, Librarian and Tech Coordinator
Edison Regional Gifted Center
Chicago, Illinois
gsmith@edison.cps.k12.il.us
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