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DRMom
Two in Blue
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Melissa
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What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
Has anyone noticed this?
An Area Director operates as "key" member of the team(why the quotes? Are they NOT a key member?
Another example:
I "tweak" the e-mails to make them "friendly" and "interesting"
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Posted 1/18/11 4:09 PM  |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
I took the first sentence to mean he's really not a "key" member
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| Posted 1/18/11 4:10 PM |
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DRMom
Two in Blue
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
Posted by nrthshgrl
I took the first sentence to mean he's really not a "key" member
I probably should have explained...this was given to all area directors as part of the commission plan so it was an explanation of what our jobs were! I feel like people do it to emphasize the point but in my mind it really indicates sarcasm! People use bold, different type, italics etc
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| Posted 1/18/11 4:13 PM |
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TooMuchDrama
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
My MIL is an inappropriate quoter. She'll write things in a card or a text that say: Have a "merry" Christmas and I wish you the "best New year". It just makes no sense. She's quoted people's names and places, all sorts of things that don't require quotes. I share some of the funnier ones with my mom who is totally on top of grammar and punctuation, so at the very least, we get a good chuckle 
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| Posted 1/18/11 4:13 PM |
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bird382
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
The "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks
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| Posted 1/18/11 4:14 PM |
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DRMom
Two in Blue
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
"awesomeness" Love it! I cant believe the printers dont say anything!
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| Posted 1/18/11 4:17 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
this is money.
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| Posted 1/18/11 4:22 PM |
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IAMMRSBROWN
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Carey
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
I KNOW!! I hate this .. my mother is the queen of using random quotation marks, random capitalization, etc. ... drives me nuts.
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| Posted 1/18/11 4:31 PM |
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JessInCA
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
Posted by TooMuchDrama
My MIL is an inappropriate quoter. She'll write things in a card or a text that say: Have a "merry" Christmas and I wish you the "best New year". It just makes no sense. She's quoted people's names and places, all sorts of things that don't require quotes. I share some of the funnier ones with my mom who is totally on top of grammar and punctuation, so at the very least, we get a good chuckle
I know someone who does this too. It makes me laugh.
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| Posted 1/18/11 5:20 PM |
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missfabulous
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
Thats a "great" site!
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| Posted 1/18/11 5:22 PM |
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leighla
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Lauren
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
Our refrigerators at work are "cleaned" every Friday.
I want to white out the quotations every time I walk by.
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| Posted 1/18/11 5:57 PM |
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MeNBobs
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Re: What the H is with the rampant overuse of quotation marks?
I guess I don't "fit the mold". I don't "wear the latest clothes" or even ones that don't "reek". I don't "change my underwear". I'm not "buff". I don't have "firm breasts". I don't "exercise". And when I do sweat, I don't "shower".
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