• gianni@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I’m sorry for being a pedantic loser but you don’t need to use quote/unquote in text form—you can simply put quotes around the word. We use it in speech to convey that a word or phrase is quoted.

    I.e. ”someday”

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      2 days ago

      On the one hand, yes.

      On the other hand, even if it is unnecessary effort, spelling it out can be a form of rhetorical emphasis distinct from simply putting it in quotes.