, question for Amanda

[heidit at netbox.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> I haven't answered the main post yet, but this reminded me of my
> personal pet peeve. It's getting to be a very common usage in ads 
and on
> signs down here, and it's nothing in any text I've ever looked at. I
> just see it everywhere and hate it. It's the use of double quotation
> marks as emphasis. Examples:
> 
> Come in and see our "quality" merchandise!
> "Everything" on sale!
> "Please" keep door shut.

Thanks "so" much for the headache, Amanda.  :)
I actually refuse to "shop" in stores that do this in their 
advertising, because I think it's such a horrible thing to do.
It's as if they're saying - "We almost mean that our merchandise is 
quality, but it isn't really..."
I mean, if they're trying for regular punctuation marks for signage 
purposes, use an * or at least try < and > in whatever order, if it's 
SO much more expensive to use bolding or underlining or something. 
Argh.
Amanda, you are absolutely right. I need food too!