I have noticed the same thing on many, many occasions, and most of the time I cannot think of a single good reason to justify why the text is contained in quote

I have noticed the same thing on many, many occasions, and most of the time I cannot think of a single good reason to justify why the text is contained in quotes. As much as I don't want to believe this, I honestly think that people are just stupid. There seems to be some apparent correlation between emphasis and quotation marks, but this is obviously not their intended use. A quick google search turned up a blog dedicated to the subject: http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/ http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/