Subject: My Dictionary is Bigger Than Your Dictionary...
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Sat May 04 2002 - 04:12:40 GMT
Referring to my Shorter OED, I see that all definitions offered of the word
"quote" are verbs, transitive or intransitive.
Miriam Webster. Please. Ptooey.
A plague of locusts might well be next.
Jim
P.S. "Evil" in "Evil Matt. K." should probably not have been capitalized
unless it's a recognized title or name for Mr. K.
P.P.S. I don't think you need to include an ellipsis at the beginning of a
quotation, as you did in the following: "... a passage referred to, repeated,
or adduced."
P.P.P.S. Furthermore, the ellipsis is typed by including a space between each
period. So, an ellipsis is not "...", but ". . .".
mua-hahahahaaa!
Cecilia Baader wrote:
> --- 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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