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laurpr2 t1_iybgezk wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Missing quotation marks, what's up with that? by zingara_man

It was a Pulitzer finalist, I highly doubt it got a slapdash editorial treatment.

u/zingara_man, Amanda Holmes Duffy says the author omits quotation makes whenever Mabel and Jack speak with the snow child, perhaps indicating the child is a figment of their imagination but certainly indicating it is an intentional choice that is meant to convey something, even if that "something" is a specific tone or atmosphere.

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zingara_man OP t1_iyf2ebh wrote

Best answer so far. No, it's not poor editing. I think your other answer is right. Going back to the book now to see if that fits.

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zingara_man OP t1_iyf3wbr wrote

It's not just Jack and Mabel, it's when anyone speaks in her presence. Esther, George, Garrett, as well. This is the answer.

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