Rush-hour misery as roadworks and shunt causes miles of Derby tailbacks

“Did you know that in the film "Broken arrow" someone in said film uses the words "Broken arrow" in a sentence.
It is a keyword,and keywords are used to describe a situation.
A direct,shortened quote is what it is.
This tactic is also used in media quite often when reporting news.
Normally in the title or opening paragraph.
I could probably type or copy and paste a few examples but i really cannot be bothered as its getting late.”

“Derby_born
It appears you are the one that cannot read -
2nd sentence in the above article -

Bus journeys were delayed and drivers faced gridlock yesterday around the St Alkmund's Way stretch of the road, where "essential" £1.2 million maintenance work – set to last until June – is being carried out.

Note the use of "" before and after the word essential
This sentence is a description of the works in question, not a quote, the quote is further down the article. I am not referring to the quote

Then you say -
Note that the original statement by the Telegraph does not use " before and after the word you refer to.

Well yes it does, see above evidence
I'm perfectly aware of the use of quotation marks, having 2 qualifications in English
The use of quotation marks around one word of the description rather than the whole description suggests to the reader that the works may be viewed as not essential

Do you get it yet?”

“by Pagenotfound,

Your original comment was, quote, why do the DT feel the need to write "essential" such? Are they suggesting the roadworks are not essential -unquote (I'm not using quotation marks because you do not understand their meaning)

Note that the original statement by the Telegraph does not use " before and after the word you refer to.

Just to remind you of how the sentence was presented, using quotation marks that identify it as a quote from someone else, here it is again:

"These are essential road works and we are working extremely hard to minimise delays. I would ask commuters to bear with us and to avoid travelling during peak hours wherever possible."

it is quite clear that you do not have a clue about the use of quotation marks. I used quotation marks to identify the word "essential" as the topic. Now lets try that without the quotation marks: I used quotation marks to identify the word essential as the topic; as we can see, this gives an entirely different meaning to the sentence.

Your latest comment is ludicrous as it is now clear that you do not have a clue as to the purpose of quotation marks.”

“The 28 and 29 bus services are affected yet again, there were delays of up to an hour with the Mackworth bus services when the Five Lamps road works were under way last year. The Council had failed to prepare for that one as well!”

“Lets see how the first two sentences would look if we followed Derby_Borns logic that anything attributed to Mr Banwait's quote requires encasing in quotation marks -

"COMMUTERS" suffered rush-hour misery with "delays" of up to an hour because of "roadworks" – coupled with an accident – on Derby's "inner ring road."
Bus journeys were "delayed" and drivers faced gridlock yesterday around the St Alkmund's Way stretch of the road, where "essential" £1.2 million maintenance work – set to last until June – is being carried out.

Looks and reads silly doesn't it Derby_Born?
So I ask again why only highlight the word "essential" so it appears out of context of the rest of the description (ie. not a quote) of the works”

“derby_born
There is no need for one word of the third sentence to be encased in quotation marks, much of the rest of the article is also a repeat of the councillors statement, it isn't similarly highlighted
The roadworks are deemed essential (or they wouldn't be done), they are on St Alkmunds Way, and they are there until June, there is no need to write "essential" in quotation marks it puts it out of context with the rest of the statement
You are being pedantic and pathetic for no other reason than you are obsessed with constantly posting and quoting and seem to be on some sort of mission to rack up as many posts as possible each and every day and get 'one up' on anyone who even slightly disagrees with any of your posts, you appear to have some sorry little vendetta as such. I suggest you grow up, get a hobby, get a job, get a life”

“The question I would ask Councillor Banwait is that as he has acknowledged these roadworks are essential due to the age of this part of the Inner Ring Road, why did he not ensure that the council had put traffic management plans in place to deal with anticipated delays before commencing with the work?”

“by dlaney

Wednesday, January 30 2013, 1:58PM


"Traffic nightmare in Mickleover/Littleover since they moved the hospital from the city to
Mickleover and coupled with roadworks is causing a real issue. Add to that 700 new homes
at the Kingsway + 800 new homes on the new Heatherton Green Belt and it will make it much
much worse. The traffic management and council planning seem to be able to do whatever they
want around the city regardless to the impact to the local area. Residents told them and
told them it would lead to traffic nightmare even without the roadworks."

Tell me about it, my children attend Wren Park school near the hospital and we live out of catchment near the village. We have always mostly walked to and from school but now It is actually quicker to walk the 1.1 miles home than going by car. Burton Road is horrendous !”

“Pagenotfound, you can't read! you say "The word essential in the 2nd sentence of the article is not a quote from anyone" ?????,

Just to remind you, here is the complete sentence referring to what Councillor Banwait said "These are essential road works and we are working extremely hard to minimise delays. I would ask commuters to bear with us and to avoid travelling during peak hours wherever possible".

So who is it that said: "I would ask commuters to bear with us and to avoid travelling during peak hours wherever possible." You say this was not a quote by anyone! How can this be? who is the "I" who is asking people to "bear with us" and who are the "us" referred to in this statement?

You cannot select one word from a complete sentence and say that is was not a quote by anyone? if anyone is making a fool of himself, it is you!”

“derby_born
In trying to get one over on another contributor, and make yourself look clever I'm afraid you have only done the opposite and made yourself look stupid.

The word essential in the 2nd sentence of the article is not a quote from anyone and the sentence could equally be written 'St Alkmund's Way stretch of the road, where essential £1.2 million maintenance work – set to last until June – is being carried out.'
Putting essential in "" in that sentence places it out of context with the rest of the description of the works and indicates that "essential" is less of a fact than the value, duration or location of the works”