It was oddly reassuring to stumble upon the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks. Kind of like going to a church-basement support group and finding out you’re not suffering alone. Knowing that others share a pet peeve can make it seem less peevey.
(Except that the blog’s creator, Bethany Keeler-Jonker, doesn’t consider quotation marks a peeve. “I just think it’s funny to misinterpret them,” she writes on her FAQ, “almost always.”)
And she’s right. Her blog is full of found humor. Probably not ROFL or even LOL, but often 
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Some examples of ill-considered quotation marks featured at UnnecessaryQuotes.com:
To get the joke, of course, you need to understand the proper use of quotation marks. One unhappy byproduct of improperly inserted quotation marks, for example, is the way they reverse the meaning of the word or phrase they bracket. A well-intended message can become sarcastic and snarky.
I expect it won’t be too long before I share some rules of thumb about how and when to use quotation marks. In the meantime, visit the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks for some entertaining examples of what not to do.
