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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 64457" data-attributes="member: 259">[hijack]When you put a single word in quotes, you're denying responsibility for its use.&nbsp; You're suggesting that you don't quite agree with the word, but that you're quoting someone else (even if you're not quoting a specific person).It's a great way to imply irony.&nbsp; It's a great way to say two things at once (note in my previous post I put &quot;mistakes&quot; in quotes to indicate that I don't agree that my examples were mistakes, but that they're commonly known as mistakes).But when you try to emphasize words with quotation marks, your readers will often think you're using the word ironically, or that you disagree with the straightforward meaning of the sentence.&nbsp; When a restaurant advertises &quot;FOOD&quot; SERVED HERE, many readers will conclude that they're serving some hellish Cthulhu mockery of food -- otherwise, why put &quot;food&quot; in quotes?There are lots of ways to emphasize a word.&nbsp; Quotation marks aren't generally the best way to do it, since the placement of a single word in quotes is often understood to undercut, rather than emphasize, the word's meaning.[/hijack]Danielex-writing tutor</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 64457, member: 259"] [hijack] When you put a single word in quotes, you're denying responsibility for its use. You're suggesting that you don't quite agree with the word, but that you're quoting someone else (even if you're not quoting a specific person). It's a great way to imply irony. It's a great way to say two things at once (note in my previous post I put "mistakes" in quotes to indicate that I don't agree that my examples were mistakes, but that they're commonly known as mistakes). But when you try to emphasize words with quotation marks, your readers will often think you're using the word ironically, or that you disagree with the straightforward meaning of the sentence. When a restaurant advertises "FOOD" SERVED HERE, many readers will conclude that they're serving some hellish Cthulhu mockery of food -- otherwise, why put "food" in quotes? There are lots of ways to emphasize a word. Quotation marks aren't generally the best way to do it, since the placement of a single word in quotes is often understood to undercut, rather than emphasize, the word's meaning. [/hijack] Daniel ex-writing tutor [/QUOTE]

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