tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post571021497089397294..comments2023-11-16T17:56:09.323-06:00Comments on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: sometimes terrificbethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-30356647531864595402009-01-08T13:47:00.000-06:002009-01-08T13:47:00.000-06:00Or it is just some young person that lives with th...Or it is just some young person that lives with the sticker owner, but not actually their child.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443206113201034073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-19869126707969116242009-01-06T11:50:00.000-06:002009-01-06T11:50:00.000-06:00"Terrific" job, honey! We're certainly "glad" we d..."Terrific" job, honey! We're certainly "glad" we didn't put you up for adoption!Meathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052402089228559891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-92134453530938286582009-01-06T07:53:00.000-06:002009-01-06T07:53:00.000-06:00Terrific 3: Causing terror; terrifying.From the La...Terrific 3: Causing terror; terrifying.<BR/><BR/>From the Latin terrificus: frighteningRolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951150937242999002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-10749855551834384122009-01-05T21:46:00.000-06:002009-01-05T21:46:00.000-06:00I wouldn't assume it's a quote from the school. Pa...<I>I wouldn't assume it's a quote from the school. Particularly since the sentence starts with "I."</I><BR/><BR/>That doesn't make sense. The "I" is outside the quotation marks.<BR/><BR/><I>Maaaaybe the school has an actual classification of kids who are "Terrific Kids" (thus meaning all the other kids are what, not terrific?) but I doubt that too.</I><BR/><BR/>It does. My elementary school (not Shoemaker) had a "Terrific Kid" award given to one student in each grade every month. It's pretty common across the US. Maybe your school didn't want to hurt the dumb kids' feelings. Sorry.<BR/><BR/><I>You don't need quotes around the name of an award -- you should make the award more distinctively named if you want it to stand out.</I><BR/><BR/>No way, it's the fact that it's distinctively named that makes it merit (not require) quotes. "First Prize" is mundane and quantitative; "Terrific Kid" is more of a novel title.<BR/><BR/><I>Plus I'm betting any parent could get one of these just for having their kid enrolled there.</I><BR/><BR/>Nonsense, see above.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041015947202463886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-49431650444505320852009-01-05T16:16:00.000-06:002009-01-05T16:16:00.000-06:00You don't need quotes around the name of an award ...You don't need quotes around the name of an award -- you should make the award more distinctively named if you want it to stand out.<BR/><BR/>"I won 'First Prize' at the Pumpkin Contest!" would make a lousy sticker.<BR/><BR/>Plus I'm betting any parent could get one of these just for having their kid enrolled there.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296612862247138426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-8556739218991592932009-01-05T15:48:00.000-06:002009-01-05T15:48:00.000-06:00I wouldn't assume it's a quote from the school. Pa...I wouldn't assume it's a quote from the school. Particularly since the sentence starts with "I."<BR/><BR/>Maaaaybe the school has an actual classification of kids who are "Terrific Kids" (thus meaning all the other kids are what, not terrific?) but I doubt that too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179865674293508535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-63635214574534395842009-01-05T14:53:00.000-06:002009-01-05T14:53:00.000-06:00First, don't spoil the fun.First, don't spoil the fun.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258490572969237544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-13959882707203231392009-01-05T14:00:00.000-06:002009-01-05T14:00:00.000-06:00I call shenanigans. This is a completely legimitat...I call shenanigans. This is a completely legimitate use of quotation marks.<BR/><BR/>It's the name of an award, a quotation from the school. It's equivalent to <I>Our restaurant was voted "Best Subs in Town" three years straight.</I><BR/><BR/>If it was just the parent saying <I>I have a "terrific kid"</I>, that would be stupid and incorrect. But this is an actual quote from the school: <I>I have a "Terrific Kid" at Shoemaker Elementary</I>, so there's nothing wrong with it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041015947202463886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-69315896357176504462009-01-05T12:18:00.000-06:002009-01-05T12:18:00.000-06:00And it might not even be a kid at all, but instead...And it might not even be a kid at all, but instead a 22-year-old mega-underachiever.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107273328729752475noreply@blogger.com