The Gunstringer preview: Kinect goes 'hardcore'

[osamanobama]

binary solo said:

osamanobama said:

binary solo said:

Sounds like it will be a fun addition to the Kinect stable. I think putting hardcore in inverted commas is a obviously telling readers not to expect a hardcore (take that meaning for however you interpret it) game, but it's not kiddie casual or family party either.

I don't know why people are making a fuss out of the inverted commas hard core tag. Or do people not understand what it means when a descriptive term is put into inverted commas (hint it often means the opposite, or it's a deliberate exaggeration)?

i believe the term youre looking for are quotation marks

Nope, the term I was looking for was inverted comma; it's a synonym for quotation mark.

inverted comma

–noun British .

quotation mark.

Also called turned comma.

Origin:

1780–90

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inverted comma

The term pre-dates "quotation mark" by about 100 years according to that website.

interesting, never knew that. but shouldnt it be double inverted commas, since it has two on each side. "quotes" not 'quotes'