| I considered rejecting your post at first, because you did not provide one example of the practice you find so detestable or misleading. However, I can't imagine what you're talking about, so I'll allow others to judge for themselves, assuming they have any interest in the use of quotation marks at all. I will point out the following: I usually use the word QUOTE if there are statements quoted in the passage, though I could use ' along with ". If there is no statement quoted in the passage I quote, then I sometimes just use " but other times I use the QUOTE/UNQUOTE format. In any case, I don't see why anyone would think these practices are distracting or confusing. My focus is on being clear and concise, and I don't care what others think in that context, to be blunt. This is why, for example, I will sometimes say "and/or" even though "or" is supposed to suffice. I try to leave no room for ambiguity, even if it is a practice considered somehow "wrong" by some great "expert." |
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