Alas...

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Harold Adrain Russell Philby, Dec 8, 2004.

  1. Harold Adrain Russell Philby

    a Guest

    Ok, I'll start off with the above because you're still doing it. Using
    quotes around the word "arbitrary" and the word "incorrect" is
    unnecessary.* You weren't quoting me there nor were you denoting irony,
    you may have intended to, but you were actually using the words yourself.

    A direct quote would read like:
    "Arbitrary," a said.

    They way your sentence above really reads is:
    ...become either the word "arbitrary" or the word "incorrect".

    You just should have typed the words with no quotes because you were
    trying to suggest what those words meant, not the actual words themselves.

    a

    PS. Don't be discouraged; Herman Melville didn't get it right either...

    * Note: In this sentence, quotation marks are used to denote the words
    themselves, not their meanings.
     
    a, Dec 10, 2004
    #21
  2. [blink. ...blink, blink.]

    Yeah...

    ....I'm going to charitably conclude English is not your native
    language, and bid you a long and happy life.
     
    Harold Adrian Russell Philby, Dec 11, 2004
    #22
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