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| The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks (Read 642 times) |
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posted: 4/22/2008 at 2:23 PM
modified: 4/22/2008 at 2:23 PM |
| Quote from JakeKnight on 4/21/2008 at 11:38 PM: Wait. This one confuses me.
If you use quotes ... you're implying it ain't the real thing, right?
GETM.
The whole point of the blog is that most people are "idiots" and don't know how to use quotation marks "correctly." See below:
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"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
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posted: 4/22/2008 at 9:41 PM |
Quote from Trent on 4/21/2008 at 6:31 PM:
I wanna know what's up with that dude's hair in the pic...the ponytail/bald thing. Someone needs to tell him that it's not workin' for him. |
Kirsten
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• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
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posted: 4/22/2008 at 9:47 PM |
| Quote from zoom-zoom on 4/22/2008 at 9:41 PM: I wanna know what's up with that dude's hair in the pic...the ponytail/bald thing. Someone needs to tell him that it's not workin' for him.
His hair looks really "cool". |
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21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00
"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
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posted: 4/22/2008 at 9:59 PM |
| Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 4/22/2008 at 9:47 PM: His hair looks really "cool".
Don't you mean:
His "hair" looks really cool.
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posted: 4/23/2008 at 11:31 PM |
| Quote from areesemd on 4/22/2008 at 9:59 PM: Don't you mean:
His "hair" looks really cool.
Did you ever consider that it should be: "His" hair looks really cool. |
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2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M What now?
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posted: 4/23/2008 at 11:55 PM |
| You "people" are weird. |
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posted: 4/24/2008 at 12:00 AM |
| Quote from JakeKnight on 4/23/2008 at 11:55 PM: You people "are" weird.
Correction. |
Kirsten
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• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 7/24/2008 at 3:57 PM |
On a related note....Random Capitalization. I work with a bunch of engineers. They have their doctorates, they all went to school a lot longer than me, they all make a lot more money than me...yet they Can't write a Proper Sentence to save their Asses.
Another related note...improper use of apostrophes/possessives. 's is for the possessive people, regular s is for plural. Why is this difficult to understand? I try not to be too much of a grammar nazi, but seriously, they teach you this stuff in grade school. And yet, I see so many business publications/signs that are done incorrectly. |
2008 Goals:
Complete C25K
Run in a 5K
Get within 40 pounds of my goal weight
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posted: 7/24/2008 at 4:03 PM |
| Engineer's are By Nature rather "poor" writres because there natural skill set revolve's around Mathmatics and Spatial Orientation often at The Expense of Language. None of those Extra Year's of" school" were spent on english Classe's. |
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"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
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posted: 7/24/2008 at 4:03 PM |
| Quote from JennerVT on 7/24/2008 at 3:57 PM:
Another related note...improper use of apostrophes/possessives. 's is for the possessive people, regular s is for plural. Why is this difficult to understand? I try not to be too much of a grammar nazi, but seriously, they teach you this stuff in grade school. And yet, I see so many business publications/signs that are done incorrectly.
The apostrophe is also used to denote a "missing letter." Eg "There's one!"
"Just sayin'"
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posted: 7/24/2008 at 4:19 PM |
| Another example would be mixing up they're, there and their. This makes me very very grumpy. |
| PB: 36:44 2008 STWM 5k ... now to bring that lower... |
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posted: 7/24/2008 at 4:21 PM |
| Quote from redleaf on 7/24/2008 at 4:19 PM: Another example would be mixing up they're, there and their. This makes me very very grumpy.
Their their. You'll be okay. |
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posted: 7/24/2008 at 4:29 PM |
| Quote from redleaf on 7/24/2008 at 4:19 PM: Another example would be mixing up they're, there and their. This makes me very very grumpy.
I wouldn't go they're ... please don't get me started. |
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posted: 7/24/2008 at 6:53 PM |
| Borrow and loan are my grammatical pet peeve. It can't be that hard to know that when you let someone use something of yours you are loaning it to them and they are borrowing it from you. |
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