Activity for Jason Indigo
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Edit | Post #7754 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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When quoting a person's informal speech, how much liberty do you have to make changes to what they say? Even during a formal interview for a news article, people speak informally. They say "uhm", they cut off sentences half-way through, they interject phrases like "you know?", and they make innocent grammatical mistakes. As somebody who wants to fairly and accurately report the discussion that takes p... (more) |
— | over 11 years ago |