▲ 1490 ▼ Be like Edward Snowden (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Refract@lemm.ee 42 points 3 years ago (3 children) Meme aside, I'm commenting to show appreciation for the correct use of quotation marks. Grammar nazi stamp of approval. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 39 points 3 years ago (1 child) "Grammar nazi stamp of approval." This is a sentence fragment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Refract@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Touché. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago So is that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) “If you see something suspicious “speak up” is correct usage? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gullible@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (5 children) https://www.grammar-monster.com/punctuation/quotation_marks_multiple_or_new_paragraphs.html I think they mean this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the information but jeez that makes me feel uncomfortable for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's like the unclosed paren (but correct (craziness). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've never seen this, but maybe since sentences with a parenthesis in it very rarely get a line break in the middle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs. Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I've never seen the double parentheses thing either permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) This hurts my programmer soul, I'll start escaping quotation marks instead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Being a programmer finally won out over my writing background. For example, I know the rule in the US is to include punctuation inside the quotation marks, but I just can't do it anymore if the punctuation mark is not actually part of the quote. "The British do it right, in my opinion". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago So you're telling me "The British do it right,". permalink fedilink source parent [–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) As a native English speaker I feel like I get a say in this. This is the worst rule I've seen proposed. Unbalanced quotation marks are confusing as hell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago Yeah what the hell. It's like having unmatched parentheses when coding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SouthernCanadian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago While we're at it, putting punctuation inside quotation marks when it's not actually part of the quote also needs to be fixed. And the whole he/she thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* YES! I've seen this formatting a lot in published books but never on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ehsan301@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 years ago WTF, I thought it was wrong. This is weird. permalink fedilink source parent [–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) "Correct use of "quotation marks" I don't think OP's meme used quotation marks correctly... 👀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Normally if a quote spans multiple paragraphs, you don't close the quote at the end of the paragraph, but you do start the next paragraph with quote marks. This is just one sentence with three sets of double quotes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 3 years ago I can't imagine it being grammatically sound to have a sentence span multiple paragraphs though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 39 points 3 years ago (1 child) "Grammar nazi stamp of approval." This is a sentence fragment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Refract@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Touché. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago So is that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Refract@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Touché. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago So is that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) “If you see something suspicious “speak up” is correct usage? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gullible@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (5 children) https://www.grammar-monster.com/punctuation/quotation_marks_multiple_or_new_paragraphs.html I think they mean this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the information but jeez that makes me feel uncomfortable for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's like the unclosed paren (but correct (craziness). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've never seen this, but maybe since sentences with a parenthesis in it very rarely get a line break in the middle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs. Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I've never seen the double parentheses thing either permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) This hurts my programmer soul, I'll start escaping quotation marks instead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Being a programmer finally won out over my writing background. For example, I know the rule in the US is to include punctuation inside the quotation marks, but I just can't do it anymore if the punctuation mark is not actually part of the quote. "The British do it right, in my opinion". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago So you're telling me "The British do it right,". permalink fedilink source parent [–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) As a native English speaker I feel like I get a say in this. This is the worst rule I've seen proposed. Unbalanced quotation marks are confusing as hell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago Yeah what the hell. It's like having unmatched parentheses when coding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SouthernCanadian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago While we're at it, putting punctuation inside quotation marks when it's not actually part of the quote also needs to be fixed. And the whole he/she thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* YES! I've seen this formatting a lot in published books but never on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ehsan301@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 years ago WTF, I thought it was wrong. This is weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gullible@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (5 children) https://www.grammar-monster.com/punctuation/quotation_marks_multiple_or_new_paragraphs.html I think they mean this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the information but jeez that makes me feel uncomfortable for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's like the unclosed paren (but correct (craziness). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've never seen this, but maybe since sentences with a parenthesis in it very rarely get a line break in the middle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs. Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I've never seen the double parentheses thing either permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) This hurts my programmer soul, I'll start escaping quotation marks instead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Being a programmer finally won out over my writing background. For example, I know the rule in the US is to include punctuation inside the quotation marks, but I just can't do it anymore if the punctuation mark is not actually part of the quote. "The British do it right, in my opinion". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago So you're telling me "The British do it right,". permalink fedilink source parent [–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) As a native English speaker I feel like I get a say in this. This is the worst rule I've seen proposed. Unbalanced quotation marks are confusing as hell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago Yeah what the hell. It's like having unmatched parentheses when coding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SouthernCanadian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago While we're at it, putting punctuation inside quotation marks when it's not actually part of the quote also needs to be fixed. And the whole he/she thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* YES! I've seen this formatting a lot in published books but never on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ehsan301@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 years ago WTF, I thought it was wrong. This is weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) Thanks for the information but jeez that makes me feel uncomfortable for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's like the unclosed paren (but correct (craziness). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've never seen this, but maybe since sentences with a parenthesis in it very rarely get a line break in the middle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs. Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I've never seen the double parentheses thing either permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's like the unclosed paren (but correct (craziness). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've never seen this, but maybe since sentences with a parenthesis in it very rarely get a line break in the middle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs. Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I've never seen the double parentheses thing either permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've never seen this, but maybe since sentences with a parenthesis in it very rarely get a line break in the middle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs. Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I've never seen the double parentheses thing either permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nodiet@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs. Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I've never seen the double parentheses thing either permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thrawn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) This hurts my programmer soul, I'll start escaping quotation marks instead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Being a programmer finally won out over my writing background. For example, I know the rule in the US is to include punctuation inside the quotation marks, but I just can't do it anymore if the punctuation mark is not actually part of the quote. "The British do it right, in my opinion". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago So you're telling me "The British do it right,". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Being a programmer finally won out over my writing background. For example, I know the rule in the US is to include punctuation inside the quotation marks, but I just can't do it anymore if the punctuation mark is not actually part of the quote. "The British do it right, in my opinion". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago So you're telling me "The British do it right,". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago So you're telling me "The British do it right,". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) As a native English speaker I feel like I get a say in this. This is the worst rule I've seen proposed. Unbalanced quotation marks are confusing as hell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago Yeah what the hell. It's like having unmatched parentheses when coding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SouthernCanadian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago While we're at it, putting punctuation inside quotation marks when it's not actually part of the quote also needs to be fixed. And the whole he/she thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago Yeah what the hell. It's like having unmatched parentheses when coding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SouthernCanadian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago While we're at it, putting punctuation inside quotation marks when it's not actually part of the quote also needs to be fixed. And the whole he/she thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* YES! I've seen this formatting a lot in published books but never on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ehsan301@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 years ago WTF, I thought it was wrong. This is weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) "Correct use of "quotation marks" I don't think OP's meme used quotation marks correctly... 👀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Normally if a quote spans multiple paragraphs, you don't close the quote at the end of the paragraph, but you do start the next paragraph with quote marks. This is just one sentence with three sets of double quotes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 3 years ago I can't imagine it being grammatically sound to have a sentence span multiple paragraphs though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Normally if a quote spans multiple paragraphs, you don't close the quote at the end of the paragraph, but you do start the next paragraph with quote marks. This is just one sentence with three sets of double quotes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 3 years ago I can't imagine it being grammatically sound to have a sentence span multiple paragraphs though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 3 years ago I can't imagine it being grammatically sound to have a sentence span multiple paragraphs though. permalink fedilink source parent
