Monday, January 4, 2010
About Minimalist Punctuation
Is it just me or is Brooks tripping on quotation marks? I hate to be prescriptive after we've had such a positive start to our conversation about talking about writing, but isn't true that certain styles prevent readers from full appreciation of a writer's point? Punctuation is a fairly recent addition to writing, and trust me, I enjoy a finely punctuated sentence along with the best of readers. But I become annoyed by emphasis placed by means of quotations. And yes, air quotes are even worse.
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you could perhaps expand on this. Perhaps you can find where all he is being affective and where he is frivolous in his quotation.
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