[Forum] RE: Mixing punctuation styles: quotation marks

[quote='rcrasta25' pid='16275' dateline='1388985607'] Is it okay, in American style, to use double quotation marks [i]only[/i] for actual dialogue, and single quotation marks in every other use (including, of course, quotes within double quotes)? [/quote] It seems (see para starting with "Anoth

[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: 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?

[Forum] RE: Punctuation Relative to Scare Quotes

I thought I would resuscitate this thread to see if anyone has any further thoughts on this issue. Does anyone else think that a period after a single word in scare quotes looks odd? A ball hit between outfielders is known as a "gapper."

[Forum] RE: scare quotes

I've no problem with the term; my question was simply about the scare quotes.

[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: 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.