Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages

Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by kasey_junk on Sunday December 10, 2017 @08:41PM (#15894609)

I guess I’m far out of the mainstream then. If you put quotes around something and attribute it to someone or some text, I assume you are asserting a verbatim quote, either in the context of web forums, business communications or more formal writing covered by a style guide. In the context of fiction, if you put quotes around something I assume it is to declare that the character is saying exactly what is quoted.

That your position is that I’m in the minority on this is doubly surprising to me given that’s what all the style guides and my high school English teachers taught me.

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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by pvg on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:06PM (#15894677)

I appreciate your good nature in taking the time to engage in this silliness but I have a hard time believing your high school teacher or anyone else taught you that. The wikipedia page on it:

"In English writing, quotation marks are placed in pairs around a word or phrase to indicate:

Quotation or direct speech: Carol said "Go ahead" when I asked her if the launcher was ready. Mention in another work of a title of a short or subsidiary work, like a chapter or episode: "Encounter at Farpoint" was the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Scare quotes used to mean "so-called" or to express irony: The "fresh" apples were full of worms."

Even 'direct speech' is at odds with 'verbatim quote' and that's the first thing there. Direct speech can be completely made up.

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Re:Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages by aptwebapps on Monday December 11, 2017 @01:29AM (#15895493)

Respectfully, I think you should read the Wikipedia entry for 'direct speech'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_speech

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