Thread: How annoying is the lack of quotation marks to you?
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Old 09-01-2013, 10:22 AM   #73
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Originally Posted by Xanthe View Post
Not using quotation marks is either laziness or pretentiousness on the part of the author, IMO. If they can't be bothered to delineate the dialog, then I can't be bothered to buy their book.
Each person is entitled to their own likes and dislikes but I prefer to save my heavy criticism for the writing itself, rather than any superficial artifice that might be used.
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