Has anyone else noticed how often the BBC News website adds quote marks on phrases that are statements of fact as if they are metaphors? A couple from today: Senior al-Qaeda leader 'killed'; 'Noise pollution' threatens fish; Whitehall pay 'discipline' urged
Personally, these seem like a poor overuse of something that is used to mark a metaphor or euphemism for something like "John Smith was found 'blotto'" perhaps because that was the word used by somebody in the story.
Anyway, stop 'over-using' the single 'quotation-mark' BBC!
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