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misquoting & misattributing
i hate reading quotes that have been attributed to the wrong author, abbreviated for a graphic, or attributed to a respected person to give the words more weight, piggybacking on their credibility.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/op...nes&emc=tha212 examples: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Ghandi (nope.) List of Misquotations https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...95312616_n.jpg grammar aside, "don't believe everything you hear," printed in quotation marks above a guy who never said that, just makes it worse. |
My fave = attributing a quotation to a movie character.
Ex: "Blah blah blah" - Carrie Bradshaw. Carrie Bradshaw didn't say that. She is not a real person. Sidenote: It's always that mindless "I spent my money on dinner instead of Vogue" quote, which is dumb anyway. |
My favorite is when people put "Unknown" or "Anonymous" but a quote just because they don't know who said it and don't feel like looking it up. I've seen this most often in school essays.
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