When quoting someone's speech, is it standard procedure, say with a quote like the following
"Our public diplomacy efforts aren't ... very robust, and aren't very good, compared to the public diplomacy efforts of those who would like to spread hatred and ... and vilify the United States,"
to leave in the pauses ... and ... and repeated words?
Or is Reuters indulging itself in a subtle dig at the President.
"Or is Reuters indulging itself in a subtle dig at the President."
A subtle? Subltle? SUBTLE? Do you know that means stealth like? Rooters will openly attack our president, nothing subtle about it.
Well, they're using elipses, which is supposed to denote omitted words, but it appears they're using elipses where dashes would be more appropriate, to denote a break in speech, like the double and, but even a dash would not be appropriate to denote a pause in a grammatically correct string of words. Or maybe the elipses do indicate omitted words.
"Our public diplomacy efforts aren't ... very robust, and aren't very good, compared to the public diplomacy efforts of those who would like to spread hatred and ... and vilify the United States,"
to leave in the pauses ... and ... and repeated words?
Or is Reuters indulging itself in a subtle dig at the President.
President George W. Bush says he regrets...an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters...who would like to spread hatred and ... and vilify...All of us
What say, Rooters? May I have that summer intern job?