Comments on: "Ice Cream" http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=216 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John T. Adams http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=216&cpage=1#comment-484 John T. Adams Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=216#comment-484 Ah, the non-quotation quotation marks.<br/><br/>It's an "ancient" custom, I believe, going back to the early days of typewriters, when the only way to add emphasis was to underline, use ALL CAPS, or put the word in "quotes".<br/><br/>Unfortunately, the availability of more ways to add emphasis -- <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, larger, or a <b><i>combination</b></i> has not "diminished" the unnecessary use of quotation marks. Ah, the non-quotation quotation marks.

It’s an “ancient” custom, I believe, going back to the early days of typewriters, when the only way to add emphasis was to underline, use ALL CAPS, or put the word in “quotes”.

Unfortunately, the availability of more ways to add emphasis — bold, italic, larger, or a combination has not “diminished” the unnecessary use of quotation marks.

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