No, dummy, that's what I meant initially by "standard practice." You decided to reinterpret it to suit your desperate need to "get" me. I corrected you as soon as I saw what you were trying to do. The hole is all yours, and you're still in it, digging, digging, digging.
Just to make your digging a little tougher, the guy who wrote the article in which this example appeared (on a religion site, no less), Jeremy Lott, is a prolific writer and editor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lott One of the examples I gave earlier was from Kevin Drum, generally considered one of the better writers among political bloggers. Feste dug: << You're in a real hole, auth, as anyone can see. You said it was "standard practice," which it isn't, as I pointed out. Then you backtracked and redefined "standard practice," wanting to make that phrase mean what you needed it to mean to get yourself out of the hole you had dug for yourself. But "standard" is just not the right word in this context, even though you are still using it in your post today. >> Merriam-Webster's definition #2: regularly and widely used, seen, or accepted : not unusual or special ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote: I explained what i meant by "standard practice." Did you miss that part of my post? Feste backed and filled: << You are so silly, auth. You have not proved a thing. You said it was "standard practice," which it isn't. OK, so you've found a few examples of it. Very clever, but my point remains valid. And. That's. All. I. Have. To. Say. >> ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote: Hee hee. In the "relevant thread," Feste didn't believe me when I explained to him that the period-after-every-word convention was now a standard way to indicate emphasis on the Web: "I don't think you have even remotely established this as 'standard practice.; On the contrary, it's an unusual deviation from the norm. I wasn't impressed by the link you provided. It was a lot of people asking about the use of periods after every word, but not a single example that I could see. Nor have I seen a single example of its use by a good writer. Where are these blogs in which it is 'standard practice'?" And I responded: "No, I didn't suggest that the Google links were to examples. I was responding to Richard's claim that it didn't exist, essentially, because he'd never seen it. Obviously many people have seen it, but you wouldn't expect to see links to examples, for pete's sake. As I said, the next time I come across an example, I'll give you a link. But you're still overinterpreting 'standard practice,' as I explained and you ignored" [i.e., it isn't "standard" in that it's used any time someone wants to indicate emphasis, but rather that it's used often enough that most readers have seen it before and don't think it's weird; they understand what it's meant to convey]. As I said I would, I've now provided links to four different examples. (Let me know if anyone wants to see links to the posts I just quoted.) And now Feste's pissed off because he looks like an ass for having been so unpleasantly skeptical (along with Richard and Barry). Feste huffed: You are making an ass of yourself again, auth, as anyone who cares to read the relevant thread can see for themselves. ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote: (Also for Barry and Richard.) "...Again, these are fake quotes. Palin. Did. Not. Say. Any. Of. These. Things." http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/12/18/sarah_palin_christmas_warrior.html http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/12/18/sarah_palin_christmas_warrior.html
