"Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/
I loathe when people use "quotation marks" when they are totally not needed. This site relieves some of my angst.
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What should go here?
posted on Friday, Apr 23rd by puresweethell
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i'm no grammar nazi, like fine if you want to use it for emphasis i won't hold it against you, but shit are some of these excessive!
Yeah, it can give what you're saying either a patronizing tone, like you don't want to be held accountable for your own choice of words, or else make something seem kinda sketchy. Like:
Lost backpack "reward"
fresh brown "eggs"
handy "men" service
etc
Bahahaha. I love '"No" Hot Water'.
I "love" it.
Mildly related: I have a t-shirt that says "Literally" except it has finger quotes instead of actual ones.
I don't get why quotation marks would be used for emphasis, why not a good old fashioned underline?