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Interesting, I didn't know that was a standard! Thank you.
by SerLava 10y ago
Interesting, I didn't know that was a standard! Thank you.
- true_religion 10y agoThat is because it is not. If anything the opposite is actually standard.
- inimino 10y agoActually, if you read much about journalism, you will know that what is put in quotation marks and attributed to someone is to be taken rather seriously.
- true_religion 10y agoThat's only true in journalism. Just because we link to news stories primarily doesn't mean this site has a journalistic flavor or should follow those conventions.
- inimino 10y agoAttributing words to someone is something one should be cautious about, regardless of the context. It isn't a peculiarity of journalism. I was responding to the idea that such a convention about quotation marks doesn't exist. It absolutely does. Journalism is the most familiar example, but academic writing, non-fiction books, and other contexts are held to the same standard.