You can tell it was written by lawyers
Our intranet "Daily Bulletin" included a blurb about the New York Sports Club, with which we have an affiliation allowing us (meager) membership discounts. Quoting information from the club about its personal training programs, the blurb said,
"'[R]emember, no one's born knowing the right way to work out.'"
I just love the use of the bracketed R. Anyone besides a bunch of lawyers would realize that perhaps the brackets were appropriate, but recognizing the informal nature of a daily intranet newsletter would just leave out the brackets for the sake of simplicity.
However, I was disturbed that there was no citation in proper Blue Book format telling where the quote came from.
"'[R]emember, no one's born knowing the right way to work out.'"
I just love the use of the bracketed R. Anyone besides a bunch of lawyers would realize that perhaps the brackets were appropriate, but recognizing the informal nature of a daily intranet newsletter would just leave out the brackets for the sake of simplicity.
However, I was disturbed that there was no citation in proper Blue Book format telling where the quote came from.

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LOL!!
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