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One of these days I’m going to find a law that abuses quotes like this, break it, and then take my case all the way to the Supreme Court. Headline: Florida Man “Breaks” Law, Goes Free.
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Wordsploded by Mark
January 6th, 2009 at 2:48 am
(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
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Maybe the manager is subtly saying he won’t complain about skinny-dipping after dark?
Onkel Thorsen
6 Jan 09 at 6:15 am
I’ve thought about this kind of error. It is common enough that I’ve come to the conclusion that some folks think quotation marks are a way to show emphasis instead of hedging.
“No” swimming: intent to emphasize the word.
No “swimming”: intent to hedge…what might pass as swimming is not really swimming.
Tye
6 Jan 09 at 12:58 pm
I see that a lot on signs. Maybe italics are hard to print or read on that kind of sign?
MKR
6 Jan 09 at 2:55 pm
When text-formatting options are lacking, and emphasis is desired, just go for the _underscore_.
Noob Saibot
6 Jan 09 at 10:11 pm
Quotes as emphasis are common. I once knew a girl who used quotes instead of parentheses!
Mark
8 Jan 09 at 12:29 am
If I saw that sign, the first thing on my vacation agenda would be swimming after dark.
Mark
8 Jan 09 at 12:57 pm