"lexuslover" you "should" really look "at" the overabundance "of" "quote" marks "you" "use." i believe "they" are not "quite" as "necessary" as you feel "them" to be. "just" saying." this is "not" an "insult" but merely an "observation." ""
Originally Posted by Nautingale
Is "overabundance" a word?
Oh, I do "look" at my ""quote" marks"!
Writing 101:
http://thevisualcommunicationguy.com...otation-marks/
#1: Quotation Marks Are for Quoting People—Verbatim
Perhaps it should go without saying, but quotation marks are for quoting people. Quoting doesn’t mean summarizing or paraphrasing; it means repeating exactly what someone said. If you put double quotes around a phrase, your reader will often assume that someone, somewhere, said that exact phrase or sentence. If you want to “sort of” quote somebody, but change a few words here and there, you need to get extra fancy with your punctuation: use brackets within the quotes to add in words or change verb tense; use ellipses to omit words; and use italics to highlight certain words in a quotation (but then use parentheses at the end to tell readers that you modified the quotation by italicizing it). Confusing enough? If you’re a bit rusty on these rules, you’re encouraged to refresh—and not directly quote anybody until you have.
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#8: Quotation Marks Are Good for Addressing Specific Words
If you’re writing a sentence where you talk about words, use quotation marks to clarify.
When I get really confused, I prefer to say that I was “bumfuzzled”; it’s so much more fun than saying I was “baffled.”
Showing your petty, ignorance doesn't "insult" me at all.