Thursday, February 2, 2006

Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks

Does it drive you crazy when people insist on putting quotation marks around a seemingly random word in a sentence or phrase? Have you ever seen a sign in a store saying something like this?

All Winter Clothing on "Sale"


Is it not really on sale? Is someone saying "sale" and not the rest of it?

As a former English major, I thoroughly enjoyed this Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks.

Check it out!
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6 comments:

  1. LifeisgreatTACFebruary 2, 2006 at 4:54 PM

    uh-oh, I do this. I do it when I'm using the word to be something not everyone would understand. As in, I "know" the answers. By that I mean, intuitively, not learned or educated. Another one is, it "came" to me. Meaning it didn't physically come to me, it came to me in meditation or deep thought. So, does that bug you too? I bet it does. Smiles!

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  2. DymphnaFebruary 2, 2006 at 5:48 PM

    Hmmm...somehow I think those examples are a bit closer to the "proper" use of quotation marks. ;)

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  3. MeggersFebruary 2, 2006 at 8:52 PM

    The quotations don't get to me too much, but bad spelling drives me up the wall. I find it exceedingly difficult to read the blogs of people who don't spell very well and don't use a spell checker.

    Everyone's got a pet peeve, I suppose.

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  4. DymphnaFebruary 3, 2006 at 7:13 AM

    Well, I hope you don't get too annoyed by my sometimes poor spelling!

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  5. MeggersFebruary 3, 2006 at 10:11 AM

    oh no, you're fine. :-) It's the ones that average about 3 incorrect spellings per sentence that get me.

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  6. DymphnaFebruary 3, 2006 at 3:02 PM

    Well, I'm usually ont *that* bad, LOL!

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