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To: SmoothSail who wrote (4626)9/30/2021 10:41:23 AM
From: DMaA1 Recommendation

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Valuepro

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My opinion about "scare quotes" is it looks smart when I use them but annoys me when anyone else does.



To: SmoothSail who wrote (4626)9/30/2021 12:07:47 PM
From: Valuepro1 Recommendation

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SmoothSail

  Respond to of 4710
 
Thanks for posting that. It is perfectly sensible and suggests the "rules" of grammar/punctuation are more akin to "guidelines" than put-you-in-prison-for-violations commandments. That is this lazy persons interpretation anyway.