RE: JV talks progression to date24 Feb 2023 20:42
Lol, interesting dilemma but surely there is a language geek in da house?!
The double quotation marks are/were to convey direct quotation,
the singular quotation mark was used as a brief synopsis of what was being said,
this was traditional UK, & I believe the yanks used them in the reversed sense.
Then of course, language is in a constant state of flux, so the old rules only apply to those unable to accept or recognise change ie. all of us over the age of 12.
As per Stas, I had a wee chuckle at the paradox in Mr.T’s use of quotation marks for AM’s alleged thought crimes. So initially thought using some ellipses might have given the reader a clue that it was an interpretation (of AM’s thoughts/words) but when checking the meaning of ‘…’ it is then seen to have differing meanings for different age groups & for the young it is quite negative in meaning.
Mr.T has clarified quite clearly in his post that this is an assumed thought process by AM.
That initial message then gets passed on.
Assume nothing then becomes do nothing.
Which is okay if we are just mug punters not prepared to research..
So who’s at fault…?!