Type of site blog Created by Bethany Keeley | Available in English Alexa rank 188,151 | |
Slogan(s) Misinterpreting bad punctuation since 2005 | ||
The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks was a blog about the misuse of English quotation marks. The blog features photographs of signs, notes and advertisements that misuse quotation marks, usually intended as emphasis. Most photographs are reader submissions, curated and commented on by blog author Bethany Keeley-Jonker, who generally intentionally misinterprets the depicted sign..
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The blog was started in 2005, and after being featured on Yahoo! became an Internet phenomenon.
In September 2016, Keeley-Jonker announced that she will no longer be updating the blog.
Influence
The theme of the blog has become an Internet meme. On occasion, some businesses will correct their signs after being featured on the blog. In May 2008, Blogger removed unnecessary quotation marks from a cancel button on the service's delete page.
Other media
A related book was published by Chronicle Books in July 2010. The book is titled The Book of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks.