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Re: .loc.au stats for October
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 5 Nov 2002 23:44:06 GMT
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> So obviously that post would receive a hideously low quality rating, because
> it mentions "insectoids" twice....
There is a difference between using words like the above quoted and unquoted.
Unquoted they would rank as low quality, quoted they become highly intellectual
as it denotes a meta-concept. I observe you quoted your use of the said word,
thus making yours an excellent post. Similarly, I used "meta-concept" (and
quoted it in this very sentence) so that's a winner too.
Kerry
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| There is the secondary use of quotes was to indicate something which was described as something, but was actually not. Often used to show saracasm within text, particularly with those who are decrying post-modern discourse. Post-modern (and feminist (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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