On 6/25/03 3:53 PM, Neil Fein posted: >I have no direct response to this latest spate of ingratiated prose. >However, I will take this as lisense to criticise the paragraph itself, in >the hopes of improving the general level of literacy on the net. > >> give me something to "chew on" > >"Quotes" are used, not for "emphasis", but for "indicating that the words >between the 'quote marks' are 'quotations'". It can be "irritating" to >read this sort of prose.
Thanks for speaking up on this, Neil. I hate just seeing the signs for Pet Supplies "Plus" and once had a coworker who used quote marks for emphasis. AAAAAArrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!! Whew, got that out of my system. There are a multitude of way to *emphasize* a word when using PLAIN TEXT -- but using _quote marks_ is not one of them. The best I've seen are asterix (stars), underscores, and using capital letters. These are some of the ways we can make up for *not* having boldface, italic, text color, and various fonts in plain text email. Back to Power Computing.... Dan the listmom -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
