Quotation marks used for "Emphasis"

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  • July 6, 2015 11:33 pm at 11:33 pm #615977
    👑RebYidd23
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    Please no.

    July 6, 2015 11:45 pm at 11:45 pm #1091117
    yytz
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    Very common mistake, often found in business signs. The funny thing is now people use asterisks for the same purpose in informal writing, which doesn’t bother me.

    July 7, 2015 12:11 am at 12:11 am #1091118
    sushibagel
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    In informal writing rules don’t exist as long as you get the point across.

    Business signs usually are quotes btw

    July 7, 2015 12:39 am at 12:39 am #1091119
    👑RebYidd23
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    I think the asterisks are in the place of italics. If I remember correctly, Microsoft Word and other similar programs automatically italicize words in asterisks, though I may be wrong.

    July 8, 2015 1:42 am at 1:42 am #1091120
    HaLeiVi
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    Some Sefarim put quotations in each word, as in Rashei Teivos to stress those words.

    July 8, 2015 7:04 pm at 7:04 pm #1091121
    BarryLS1
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    “what’s the big deal?”

    July 9, 2015 2:41 am at 2:41 am #1091122
    👑RebYidd23
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    Example: an ad for a treatment that supposedly cures “psoriasis” seems to imply that it is supposed to cure something that is similar to psoriasis or is called psoriasis but isn’t.

    July 9, 2015 4:37 pm at 4:37 pm #1091123
    writersoul
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    rebyidd: I think that in Google asterisks become bold.

    July 9, 2015 8:19 pm at 8:19 pm #1091124
    squeak
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    In the CR, it is < Em>phasis marks that are used for Quotation. What a crazy world.

    July 9, 2015 9:04 pm at 9:04 pm #1091125
    Joseph
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    Why are you capitalizing “Quotation”, squeak? 😉

    Welcome back!

    July 9, 2015 9:48 pm at 9:48 pm #1091126
    squeak
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    Wow… Joseph?! Unreal. I guess Dr. Frankenstein was feeling extra nostalgic if he resurrected the both of us.

    July 10, 2015 2:35 am at 2:35 am #1091127
    Joseph
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    He usually does fraternal twins simultaneously.

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