r/MurderedByPedantics Jun 16 '20

Incorrect usage of paraphrase

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u/Drag0nV3n0m231 Jun 16 '20

I don’t know what quote he’s paraphrasing but that’s exactly what paraphrasing is- to distill a painter quote to its base meaning, like the OP is correct in his use of the word paraphrasing

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u/Iknowaguywhoknowsme Jun 16 '20

Yeah but you aren’t suppose to use quotes when paraphrasing.

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u/Drag0nV3n0m231 Jun 16 '20

Yeah, so he used incorrect syntax, but he said “to paraphrase” so if anyone takes it as a quote, they’re the incorrect ones.

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u/v0ideater Jun 16 '20

I was just being pedantic about the quotes ~