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> [Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks-are-to-be-used-as-sparingly/)

[Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/)

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## More by Eric Partridge

> [“To be mulcted of our money and mutilated of our property is serious enough: to be deprived of our colon would be intolerable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/to-be-mulcted-of-our-money-and-mutilated-of-our-property-is-serious/)

[Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/)

> [A dash derives from "to dash," to shatter, strike violently, to throw suddenly or violently, hence to throw carelessly in or on, hence to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/a-dash-derives-from-to-dash-to-shatter-strike-violently-to-throw/)

[Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/)

> [War…next to love, has most captured the world’s imagination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/war-next-to-love-has-most-captured-the-world-s-imagination/)

[Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/)

> [When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/when-we-are-very-young-we-tend-to-regard-the-ability-to-use-a-colon/)

[Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/)

> [“War…next to love, has most captured the world’s imagination” – Eric Partridge, famous lexicographer and author who served in the Australian Imperial Force during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/war-next-to-love-has-most-captured-the-world-s-imagination-eric/)

[Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/)

> [Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks-are-to-be-used-as-sparingly/)

[Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/)

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