'The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland attended a “surreal” rally in Pittsburgh last weekend at which Pennsylvania voter Kristine Fishell was unveiled as an early winner."
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"Oliver" puts "the twist" on "syntax"
Makes "one" laugh like " the Dickens."
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"some style guides and publishers recommend against using single quotation marks for 'emphasis. '
Instead, you can use italics or bold to emphasize words.
The American Psychological Association (APA) recommends using italics to introduce a word or phrase that you want to draw attention to. "
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Scare Quotes
scare quotes; noun: scare quote; plural noun: scarequotes
quotation marks used around a word or phrase when they are not required, thereby eliciting attention or doubts.
"putting the term “global warming” in scare quotes serves
to subtly cast doubt
on the reality of such a phenomenon"
I.E.
Anti subtle manipulation in the"wrong" hands.
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"We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility. That is inevitable,” Lewis wrote.
“We don’t spin it that way.
We see it as consistent with the values the Post has always stood for and what we hope for in a leader: character paralysis and fealty in service to the kleptocratic ethic, veneration for the rule of Money, and respect for the bloody ruble in all its talons.”
"Soon-Shiong’s daughter, Nika Soon-Shiong, 31, made a surprise suggestion on social media that the choice to refrain from endorsing a candidate had been made by the whole family
due in part to the Biden-Harris
administration’s policies
concerning Israel and Gaza."
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