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Do you put "everything" in "quotations" all the "time"?
by low_common 3y ago
Do you put "everything" in "quotations" all the "time"?
- nomel 3y agoI used it to convey some external concept, rather than my own thoughts. "controversial": Others called it controversial. I did/would not. "against the grain": Others thought that there was a grain. I did/would not. "real time": Not literal. Maybe this is a regional/age thing? edit: actually, asking ChatGPT why they're in quotes gives the similar answers as mine, so I guess it's not too odd. New session prompt with 4.0: "Why are some of these words in quotes?" Fluff removed, same order as my answers: > ... In this case, "controversial" could imply that the speaker doesn't personally find the topics controversial, but acknowledges that others may perceive them as such. > ... indicating that it's being used in its typical idiomatic sense. > ... Here, the quotation marks might be used to stress that the term isn't being used in its strictest sense.