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He will also be clarifying many of the concepts by saying "quote" when he begins his elaboration and "unquote" when he's finished elaborating on a particular point.
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That is of course the very best way to "quote" clarify "unquote" a concept. |
It's got nothing to do with quoting people. |
Why would he say the words quote and unquote for clarification purposes? I've never heard of such a strange thing |
Lessans knew that his clarification would mean a lot once he's gone. I think you are trying in every possible way to discredit him because you think he's wrong, plain and simple.  |
WTF are you talking about?
It's very odd to say the words "quote" and "unquote" to announce clarification or elaboration when speaking or reading or aloud . Most people would say "To clarify...." or "To elaborate..." or "To reiterate...." or use their inflection for emphasis or just communicate clearly in the first place.
I have never heard of someone saying the words "quote" and "unquote" except for actual quotations. It's strange |
So now you're discrediting him for this ridiculous reason? He elaborated through the whole book. I guess it was easier for him to say "quote/unquote" rather than say "To elaborate, or To reiterate". I can't believe how you are nitpicking this poor man to death. |
peacegirl, you're supposed to be the editor of this so-called book and this is something the editor would fix. If they wanted to create passages with emphasis they would make selections of fonts, faces, sizes, weights to aid the reader in identifying those sections that are presented with emphasis. An editor would know that you only use quotes when you are quoting someone else other than the author or separating dialog from narrative. Unless Lessans was pretending to be Lessans in the book (which is entirely possible given how batshit crazy the Lessans appear to be) then quotes are not appropriate.
So did you only make it to the eighth grade? |
We're discussing an audio book NA.