tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post6797001491613841915..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Icky Quotation Attribution du JourJune Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-59328290978986469052009-10-02T21:52:12.007-07:002009-10-02T21:52:12.007-07:00Ah, thanks. That helps.
So often, I look at somet...Ah, thanks. That helps.<br /><br />So often, I look at something I wrote in the past and think, "What the hell was I thinking" (calling that a quotation or telling people to hyphenate bee pollen or whatever the hell nonsense I'd been talking the hour, day, or week before). So thanks for sparing me the worry that I was talkin' drivel once again.<br /><br />: )June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-81965182490435469802009-10-02T19:43:57.869-07:002009-10-02T19:43:57.869-07:00I think the grammar book we use at school calls th...I think the grammar book we use at school calls that an indirect quotation, so I have no problems with your terminology.<br /><br />And yeah, if he really wanted to use "elaborate" it would require probably some re-working of the sentences around it. <br /><br />Silly feature writers!LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-17125034102037739042009-10-02T18:34:38.974-07:002009-10-02T18:34:38.974-07:00Hmmm. Now I'm rethinkin' whether something...Hmmm. Now I'm rethinkin' whether something not in quotation marks actually qualifies as a quotation. What ev. It's Friday night.<br /><br />But re the larger question of whether it stinks: I agree that they should be less intrusive.<br /><br />And the idiom I know is to "elaborate on" something. Not to elaborate something.<br /><br />Besides, that definition of "elaborate" isn't really a transitive verb anyway.<br /><br />All this fuss just because a feature writer wanted to use something fancier than "added."June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-58316571551506562452009-10-02T16:11:05.955-07:002009-10-02T16:11:05.955-07:00Five syllable attributions are pretty horrific. Is...Five syllable attributions are pretty horrific. Isn't the idea to be less intrusive?LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.com