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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:54 AM
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94. I'll bet you don't know all the proper uses of quote marks, do you?
Edited on Wed Sep-12-07 09:56 AM by wyldwolf
One use for quotations marks is for talking about words. For example:

Be sure to use the word "determine" correctly.

Another use of quotation marks is to indicate something isn't quite what it seems or to summarize. For example:

Dawgs really has faith in that "fresh faced" candidate, Obama, even though he's losing his ass.



using the second mentioned usage, I indicated Obama's question is not what it seemed and I summarized the question.

:shrug:

Now, why would you assume everyone should use quotation marks in the manner you think they should be used in?

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