[lbo-talk] scare quotes/Getting ready for the weakend

Gary Mongiovi MONGIOVG at stjohns.edu
Thu May 5 15:02:30 PDT 2011


RE scare quotes: I never use 'em. A propos of the topic, this website never fails to cheer me up:

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

Gary

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just wondered if anyone else feels a need to use 'scare quotes', and if the urge to use them seems to be increasing?

I guess I'm not sure what they're intended to say about the content of the quotes, or if there are guidelines for their use. I think that my incline is to use them around words which I suspect of having too many meanings.

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