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To: heleny
He should've used quotation marks.
218 posted on 09/10/2003 4:19:34 PM PDT by Poohbah (Hee Haw was supposed to be a television show...not the basis of a political movement...)
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To: Poohbah
He should've used quotation marks.

And you should have used some common sense.

228 posted on 09/10/2003 4:23:00 PM PDT by ambrose (I'm a Right-Wing Crazy, and Proud of It!)
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To: Poohbah
He should've used quotation marks.

Yes, and because it was a longer quote, he should have also indented and used a smaller font. He also shouldn't have cut off the first letter of the quote. I don't even understand why many on FR italicize the words to which we respond. Why not use a different font size, color, or typeface? Or, why on simply use quotes?

I think we're all familiar with writing style for real essays, but we're often guilty of being too lazy when online. I don't always capitalize everything, and everybody knows online posts often contain atrocious grammar and poor spelling.

242 posted on 09/10/2003 4:29:49 PM PDT by heleny
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