To "think" that "quotation marks" are being "overused" lately?

[MissTapestry]

That and "said".
Eg, "so I refused to give said child it's fruit shoot back"
"I decided to bring pombears to said party"

And yes, I realise it doesn't matter, but it "irks" me.

It's its not it's

I've not seen this ... are you trying to fit as many into your OP to use them up or something?

Y'see that would have looked better with quotation marks.

It's 'its' not 'it's'.

See?

You mean, summer, you wanted to say, "Its 'its' not 'its'"?

Just checking.

Never seen that

I mean, "Never seen that"

Are they not quoting people then?

When else would you use ""?

[baffled]

I can understand use of '', eg It was an 'accident'

Or she said "it was an accident"

or even "she said it was an 'accident'"

But I don't understand why someone would randomly "put inverted commas round stuff"

This is getting funny..

I was saying the "it's" in the OP should have been "its"

It is "its" not "it's".

It's now losing all meaning

According to my "iPhone" it's "it's". I should have "proof read"

Bugger, this isn't going well is it?

Agree with "said". Hat full of hateful.

My DH has no idea how to use 'air' exclamation marks correctly (you know, when people do the bunny ears type hand gesture). He puts them round seemingly random words.

E.g. So my so-called friend ran off with my "money".

AAARGH! No. Round the word friend. If at all.

I use !!!!!!!! A lot. Sorry!

I overuse the emoticons. I know it drives my fellow MNers mad.

Sorry about that.

I use them, but always appropriately

Or perhaps that should be, 'appropriately'

Blah. As long as I can read it I don't give a monkeys fuck.

Guilty. I do it when I know the word I'm using is the word I need to use to make other people understand me, but I have doubts about it being the correct word. Eg, my children's 'father' has remarried.

Yes it's very useful and conveys a lot I think!

The apostrophe is for omission and possession.

The fruit shoot belonged to the child, belonged to "it" therefore, it's "it's".

Tapestry was correct, it's fruit shoot is the same as Surinder's fruit shoot.

I know what you mean OP

So we sat down for our "snack" and then the other mother gave me a "look" and i sed oy wot you looking at and she said nothing so we sat right at the "back"

no kitty
its is the possessive form of it
his/hers/its

not hi's/her's/it's

Bastards. (apart from anyone who agrees with me of course)

I've no problem with emoticons, you may continue to overuse them

as if anyone gives a shizzle what I think!

Thanks for trying kitty, but I'm afraid I was wrong or rather my Iphone was

Stealth, ya get me

overuse of crossing out

my phone does random apostrophes and random Capitalisation () too. So I've just given up (on laptop at moment)