edittorrent: Quotation marks... still needed

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Jami Gold said...: 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.

If an author thinks that I should spend more time than necessary 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? :)

Jami G.; May 6, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Dave Shaw said...: 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. ;-); May 6, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Jami Gold said...: Hey Dave,

I've got a rat question for you (seriously) - I might be babysitting some. Email me, okay? :)

Thanks!
Jami G.; May 7, 2010 at 12:27 AM