Re: [OM] Especially for our grammar policeman

[John Hudson]

On 4/27/2017 9:13 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 4/27/2017 4:47 PM, John Hudson wrote:
> > I spotted this news piece and wondered whether our Cambridge resident
> > grammarian had been out and about with his black marker pen :-)
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/l3w6lyb
> As the great grammarians say, a lot depends on context. In this case, I
> think that quotation marks would be redundant; the special tablet/plank,
> or whatever it's called, does the job. Also fussy, detracting from the
> impact.
>
> Would you put Qmarks around To be or not to be . . . on a banner on the
> poster for a production of Hamlet?
Of course. It is a quotation !

jh


> Lithe Moose
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