Inappropriate use of "quotation marks"

Ah, the grammar Nazis strike again

MarkG said 22 days 14 hrs ago [reply] [show]

It would be soooo much funnier if the grammar Nazis had used staples....

notwist said 22 days 14 hrs ago [reply] [show]

Could you explain why? :P

barcode said 21 days 23 hrs ago [reply] [show]

Presumably because it would annoy the person who posted the original sign to comic effect.

MarkG said 21 days 15 hrs ago [reply] [show]

Correctamundo!

And then a final Gambit beneath that which says:

"Please do not use italics for emphasis"

Underlined.......

che said 21 days 15 hrs ago [reply] [show]

Italics are not for emphasis but what about bold

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barcode said 21 days 23 hrs ago [show]

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notwist said 24 days 23 hrs ago [reply] [show]

I'm definetly on the "grammar nazis" side here.

che said 24 days 21 hrs ago [reply] [show]

"why"?

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notwist said 23 days 2 hrs ago [reply] [show]

Because they're called citation marks for a reason: you use them for citations. If you want to emphasize something, it's not a citation. Simple.

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