tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post7602255027465732656..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Quotation marks... still neededEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-56538784795367300642010-05-07T00:27:46.952-05:002010-05-07T00:27:46.952-05:00Hey Dave,
I've got a rat question for you (se...Hey Dave,<br /><br />I've got a rat question for you (seriously) - I might be babysitting some. Email me, okay? :)<br /><br />Thanks!<br />Jami G.Jami Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957122956518765455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-55046057710670293062010-05-06T21:48:22.516-05:002010-05-06T21:48:22.516-05:00Such a lovely firestorm in the comments over there...Such a lovely firestorm in the comments over there. I didn't realize there were people with such an irrational hatred of standard English punctuation - well, outside my high school English classes, anyway. ;-)Dave Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773380114295267509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-39866868665561537852010-05-06T21:37:35.864-05:002010-05-06T21:37:35.864-05:00Yep, good article. That's exactly how I inter...Yep, good article. That's exactly how I interpret the disposal of perfectly good and functional quotation marks: an affectation to make your work seem more important.<br /><br />If an author thinks that I <i>should</i> spend more time than <i>necessary</i> on their novel, that indicates to me that they don't mind wasting my time. And if that's the case, why should I trust that the whole story won't be a waste of my time? :)<br /><br />Jami G.Jami Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957122956518765455noreply@blogger.com