[Forum] RE: scare quotes

I wouldn't overthink this--they are bright yellow. No scare quotes needed. I'm not sure these are even technically scare quotes. They are just unnecessary quotes.

[Forum] RE: Punctuation Relative to Scare Quotes

Yes, to me, it looks odd. But that's still cmos guidelines. I've had to force myself to get used to this rule in particular. Scare quotes are no different from other quotes in this regard - for me at least.

[Forum] RE: quotes vs hyphens vs caps on phrasal adjectives

Yes, I feel the same way about scare quotes, and I'm trying to keep them to a minimum. Since this book has a religious theme and therefore uses a lot of biblical quotes, I have to keep a lot of quotation marks in there anyway. So, reducing the scare quotes (i.e. quotation marks around phrases that a

[Forum] RE: Punctuation Relative to Scare Quotes

I have never heard or seen otherwise, and CMOS doesn't specify any different treatment, so yes, scare quotes are just like any other quotes.

[Forum] RE: scare quotes

Well, [url=https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part2/ch07/psec057.html]CMOS 7.57[/url] does say that such quotes "lose their force and irritate readers if overused," but that could mean either of two things: 1. You shouldn't repeat them over and over for the same term. 2. You shouldn'

[Forum] RE: scare quotes

Pixna, An example wouldn't mean anything because there is no debate about the scare quotes being legitimate in the first instance. After the first instance, the word/term being repeated, [i]is [/i]meant to be interpreted i[i]n the same way[/i]—again, no debate about that and no concerns about the

[Forum] RE: scare quotes

The scare quotes are used [i]correctly [/i] to indicate a certain irony about the use of particular words/terms. This is a political choice and rightly so. Certain words and terms appear repeatedly because they are essential to the subject matter, so it's not a matter of reducing the use of the

[Forum] scare quotes

My author is describing something as being the colour of a "smiley face." I would prefer to drop the scare quotes. Are they necessary?

[Forum] RE: scare quotes

It makes it clearer, but I think having some sample text would be useful. Although generally speaking, I wouldn't continue to use scare quotes after the first instance, sometimes it could depend on the word or the frequency with which its' used.

[Forum] RE: scare quotes

Please see [url=https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part2/ch07/psec057.html]CMOS 7.57[/url]. What is the context in which you are using scare quotes and why is the term being repeated?