• Hackworth@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I agree, of course, I just wanted to see if your desire to chide me for imperial measures outweighed your desire to congratulate my use of double quotes.

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      6 months ago

      It wasn’t about whether you use single or double as much as the context in which he used them.

      Sort of like this, which has always annoyed me:

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          6 months ago

          A similar thing that’s bothering me with the syntax of that sentence. It’s just… off a bit.

          See how I used italics instead of quotations marks? I feel like he (and the picture) used them sort of as emphasis for tone of voice. I get the need, but disagree using quotations to achieve it.