Subject: Re: The First of a Series of Grammatical Corrections...
From: Cecilia Baader (ceciliabaader@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 16:51:35 GMT
--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> Matt K. volunteered the following info about the current thread:
Wait, wait. Are you telling me that Matt K. is using you, Jim Rovira, as
his mouthpiece? Dear God, what's next? A plague of locusts? Raining
(banana)fish?
Come out and play, Evil Matt K. Dissertation, schmissertation.
One could argue that the use of "quotes" is perfectly acceptable if one
felt amenable to playing the common usage card. In fact, I found the
following entry in my handy Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
Main Entry: quote (2)
Function: noun
Date: 1888
1 : QUOTATION
2 : QUOTATION MARK -- often used orally to indicate the beginning of a
direct quotation
Quotation, of course, is defined as "... a passage referred to, repeated,
or adduced."
But you knew that already.
Respectfully,
Cecilia.
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