Quote:
Originally posted by DrJekyll
Can I just say that I really prefer to add apostrophes to acronyms despite it being "wrong"? For some reason, it looks better when you type VCR's, CD's, or mp3's. Perhaps I just cringe at the idea of something lower case directly next to several upper case letters.
Oh, and I also prefer to put punctuation marks after quotation marks except in rare cases.
|
Whoa crap. I was nodding my head in agreement with the first paragraph, but you stunned me with the second paragraph. I also do this. I read somewhere that in British grammar, punctuation does belong outside quotation marks. I don't know. Guess you and I think alike, as far as this stuff goes.
Oh and...
Quote:
Originally posted by Bobnik
Ah. Language pedants.
I've come home.
However, I do think that conciously used l337 is as much an accent as "tomatuh". Moderation is the key, as in all things.
In "Startide Rising" by David Brin, there are genetically enhanced dolphins who use pronunciation amongst themselves that few humans could understand, let alone pronounce, yet stick strictly to the rules of syntax and grammar. There is no point here, just a concept I thought interesting.
|
Interesting comments. (rule of TFP: if you find something interesting, post about it and let that person know!) I generally love dolphins to begin with. Is Startide Rising a movie? Book? Both. I should look into this...
.
As far as my usage of single-quotation marks and double-quotation marks, I always use double-quotation marks and if a nested quote exists within this quote, I will use the single quote. Here is an example:
"My friend said '... and you should learn to speak up', trying to make a point about my introvertedness."