--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Ah, Judy's back from another long, relaxing, > > rejuvenating weekend away :-), firing off nine > > posts in a row, each distinguished by...uh, wait > > for it...I know it'll come as a surprise...her > > "correcting" someone on this forum and "setting > > them straight" about how the world "really" is > > and what the "truth" about things "really" is. :-) > > > > Me, I just "think out loud." > > > > They're just thoughts. Opinions. > > > > And, as I've said *many times* here, I DON'T > > KNOW THE TRUTH. I don't even *believe* in > > such a thing as "TRUTH." > > Which is, it seems, why you make stuff up all > the time. > > Such as, for example, putting in quotes, as if > they were words I had used, "setting them > straight." You made that up entirely out of > your own head.
Someday, Judy, *as* someone who corrects other people's writing for a living, you might figure out that a very common usage of quotation marks, in the absence of italics, is *as* italics, as a way of highlighting words and phrases. Only the truly paranoid would see them as an attempt to quote *them* every time they're used. :-) <snip to> > > If you're lookin' for a philosophy and a lifestyle > > to adopt, and someone else's path to follow, rather > > than mine, I'd suggest that you go with Judy's. She > > seems to enjoy presenting it here, as if it's RIGHT, > > and it may well be just the ticket to help you > > become as happy and as fulfilled as she is. I mean, > > look at what it's done for her... > > Editorial comment: If you're going to drop your > g's in an attempt to make yourself seem folksy > and down to earth, you'd do a lot better to be > consistent about it, at least within a paragraph > (preferably within the entire post). Have you ever noticed that, when I say something that gets your goat and flusters you, you always drop into "editor mode" and try to criticize my writing? While I appreciate the advice, I'll stick to my own style, thanks. It's mine, as are my ideas. When you can say that about your own writing, get back to me. :-)
