Timeline for Would you say "quote/end quote"?
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| Feb 13, 2012 at 21:34 | comment | added | Jay | Generally agree. I'd just add that I can see it being useful when one wants to be very clear about what is part of the quote and what is not. That would include quoting a lie, but might also include more literary cases, like you want to be clear what is the quote from Shakespeare and what is your paraphrase of the surrounding context. Like many effective linguistic tools, it is often abused. | |
| Dec 27, 2010 at 20:37 | history | answered | John Satta | CC BY-SA 2.5 |