tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post1299533356741126833..comments2023-11-16T17:56:09.323-06:00Comments on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: ("Rules").bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-14108905423025026012008-02-14T16:51:00.001-06:002008-02-14T16:51:00.001-06:00oh, i shoulda read the comments. sorry.oh, i shoulda read the comments. sorry.Forsoothsayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765993032234113659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-37002910950412254442008-02-14T16:51:00.000-06:002008-02-14T16:51:00.000-06:00well i nlegal documents - such as rules - when the...well i nlegal documents - such as rules - when they do the quotes in brackets that is shorthand for "hereafter to be known as". i.e. if they refer to Rules later on you will know they mean those rules, as opposed to rules OUTSIDE that set. this sort of business usually saves us lawyers time, tho...maybe not her...Forsoothsayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765993032234113659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-63222341482436537912008-02-14T15:13:00.000-06:002008-02-14T15:13:00.000-06:00Yup. Totally legit and necessary use of quotation...Yup. Totally legit and necessary use of quotation marks, sorry to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-10830515035638556852008-02-12T13:43:00.000-06:002008-02-12T13:43:00.000-06:00This is outrageous.This is outrageous.samkay64https://www.blogger.com/profile/09451976617669401728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-22831612697139376532008-02-11T16:16:00.000-06:002008-02-11T16:16:00.000-06:00Love this blog! What a riot.Love this blog! What a riot.Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831243818607062099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-60260098474868898502008-02-11T15:44:00.000-06:002008-02-11T15:44:00.000-06:00Totally legal-ese. A little more like saying, "Thi...Totally legal-ese. A little more like saying, "This is my friend Joe Blowe, and in this story I'm about to tell, he's the "Joe" I'm referring to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-86670037134222247922008-02-11T14:01:00.000-06:002008-02-11T14:01:00.000-06:00I realize this is legal-ese, but, like Teri, I had...I realize this is legal-ese, but, like Teri, I had to laugh. I can imagine whoever wrote this introducing someone, "This is my friend, Joe. But you can call him Joe."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-84548641930283884862008-02-11T12:19:00.000-06:002008-02-11T12:19:00.000-06:00It's abviously shorthand for "...henceforth known ...It's abviously shorthand for "...henceforth known as 'rules'" or something like that.<BR/><BR/>But still funny. I can picture the signmakers idiot friend. He writes "official rules" and the friend yells "RULES!"jspencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04507832018423032477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-10207354831102158992008-02-11T11:57:00.000-06:002008-02-11T11:57:00.000-06:00This made me laugh out loud. For real. People in...This made me laugh out loud. For real. People in my office are wondering what's going on in here. :-)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-7329901778809168302008-02-11T11:36:00.001-06:002008-02-11T11:36:00.001-06:00Although I can't see the text below, I'm going to ...Although I can't see the text below, I'm going to defend that usage as valid in the world of contracts, where terms are defined following the initial usage with parentheses and quotation marks. There's likely references in the text below (e.g. "Under these Rules, you have 0 chance of winning anything").<BR/><BR/>Your site is genius.Billy Belmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038458200840846624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-71990210056801216302008-02-11T11:36:00.000-06:002008-02-11T11:36:00.000-06:00LOL! Rules... better known as rules. Thank goodnes...LOL! Rules... better known as rules. Thank goodness for the clarification.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com