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Old 12-07-2009, 01:21 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
I've removed the quotation marks from the thread title because it is not a direct quotation.
So now maybe you'll undo the changes you illegitimately made to my thread title:

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Another common use of quotation marks is to indicate or call attention to ironic or apologetic words:

He shared his “wisdom” with me.
The lunch lady plopped a glob of “food” onto my tray.

To avoid the potential for confusion between ironic quotes and direct quotations, some style guides specify single quotation marks for this usage, and double quotation marks for verbatim speech. Quotes indicating irony, or other special use, are sometimes called scare, sneer, shock, distance, or horror quotes. They are sometimes gestured in oral speech using air quotes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark
There was definite irony in Bezos first answer and then the two that followed.

PLEASE change my thread title back to what it was.
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