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Tobiasly · 11-19-2002, 10:29 PM

Hey X, I'll say this again. 95% of people don't consider double-quotes to necessarily mean that someone is being quoted verbatim. Most adults also use them to paraphrase, even to the point of intentional oversimplification in order to make a point.

You jumped my shit when I did it, and now you're whining about Maggie doing the same. Nobody else places the special distinction between single and double quotes that you do, so if you want to communicate with other English-speaking humans, you may as well put your own special grammatical rules aside.

Yes, it's kinda silly for me to even waste a post to say this, but apparently it bears repeating.

Now take your bally and go home.

11-19-2002, 10:29 PM	#113
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Hey X, I'll say this again. 95% of people don't consider double-quotes to necessarily mean that someone is being quoted verbatim. Most adults also use them to paraphrase, even to the point of intentional oversimplification in order to make a point. You jumped my shit when I did it, and now you're whining about Maggie doing the same. Nobody else places the special distinction between single and double quotes that you do, so if you want to communicate with other English-speaking humans, you may as well put your own special grammatical rules aside. Yes, it's kinda silly for me to even waste a post to say this, but apparently it bears repeating. Now take your bally and go home. Last edited by Tobiasly; 11-19-2002 at 10:32 PM.