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Believer Posted 18 years ago
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putting on quotation marks on adjective
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00 I think it is Mr. M. who kindly advised me that an adjective have quotation marks on it if the usage is unusual. 02 br
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00 In respect to this unusual usage, would you say it is in terms of the word's meaning? Or could it also be in terms of its grammatical correctness? 02 br
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01 i 00 John is a 'superb' actor 02 i 00 . -- I think in this case, a person could easily have written "John is a superb actor" without quotation marks but has done so because mainly to magnify the effect the word 'superb', in other words, makes it stand out. Is this a correct reason for the use of this mark? 02 br
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01 i 00 We need to do feedback evalution based on the responses we got. 02 i 02 br
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00 This is what troubles me: You have this word 'feedback' and normally you would not see this word with the word 'evaluation' but in this case, a person obviously used it to say what he wants to say but to me, the grammatical usage (if I can call it that) is awkward. I usually perceive the word 'feedback' as being a functional noun in its own right. Since I feel uneasy about its grammatical usage, could I be able to put quotations marks around it? Is that a correct reason for the use of this mark? 02 br
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01 i 00 We need to do 'feedback' evaluation based on the responses we got. 02 i 02 br
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00 Thank you. 0-
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00 I think it is Mr. M. who kindly advised me that an adjective have quotation marks on it if the usage is unusual. 02 br
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00 In respect to this unusual usage, would you say it is in terms of the word's meaning? Or could it also be in terms of its grammatical correctness? 02 br
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01 i 00 John is a 'superb' actor 02 i 00 . -- I think in this case, a person could easily have written "John is a superb actor" without quotation marks but has done so because mainly to magnify the effect the word 'superb', in other words, makes it stand out. Is this a correct reason for the use of this mark? 02 br
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01 i 00 We need to do feedback evalution based on the responses we got. 02 i 02 br
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00 This is what troubles me: You have this word 'feedback' and normally you would not see this word with the word 'evaluation' but in this case, a person obviously used it to say what he wants to say but to me, the grammatical usage (if I can call it that) is awkward. I usually perceive the word 'feedback' as being a functional noun in its own right. Since I feel uneasy about its grammatical usage, could I be able to put quotations marks around it? Is that a correct reason for the use of this mark? 02 br
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01 i 00 We need to do 'feedback' evaluation based on the responses we got. 02 i 02 br
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00 Thank you. 0-
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0 In the case of your example with 01 i 00 superb 02 i 00 , I think you are using what are sometimes called 01 u 00 scare quotes 02 u 00 . They can be paraphrased by preceding the word with 01 i 00 so-called 02 i 00 . That is, they show that the author does not really believe what he's quoting.
- 0 In the case of your example with 01 i 00 superb 02 i 00 , I think you are using what are sometimes called 01 u 00 scare quotes 02 u 00 .
- They can be paraphrased by preceding the word with 01 i 00 so-called 02 i 00 .
- That is, they show that the author does not really believe what he's quoting.
- He is implying that less informed people might believe it.
- 02 br 01 i 00 John is a 'superb' actor 02 i 00 says that he is a 01 i 00 so-called superb 02 i 00 actor, that is, he is regarded as superb by some, but they are probably wrong in the opinion of the author.
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0 In the case of your example with 01 i 00 superb 02 i 00 , I think you are using what are sometimes called 01 u 00 scare quotes 02 u 00 . They can be paraphrased by preceding the word with 01 i 00 so-called 02 i 00 . That is, they show that the author does not really believe what he's quoting. He is implying that less informed people might bel
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0 Using markers around adjectives should be done very carefully. In addition to what Jim said, I'd say that: 02 br
01 i 00 John is a 'superb' actor 02 i 02 br
00 may be written in order to ridicule the assessment made, or the manner of it being said, as in: 02 br
00 She said 01 i 00 John is such a 'supeeerb' actor 02 i 02 br
00 If you
01 i 00 John is a 'superb' actor 02 i 02 br
00 may be written in order to ridicule the assessment made, or the manner of it being said, as in: 02 br
00 She said 01 i 00 John is such a 'supeeerb' actor 02 i 02 br
00 If you
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