I've never copy edited a floor covering before, but I got my first opportunity this past weekend at a movie theater in Alexandria, Va. This colorful carpet in front of the concession stand was peppered with famous movie quotes -- everything from "The Godfather" to "Forrest Gump." Although it was fun to peruse while waiting for a bucket of popcorn and some Junior Mints, I couldn't help but scoff at its liberal use of punctuation.This particular quote is from "Midnight Cowboy," which perhaps explains the wild, wild west treatment of quotation marks and apostrophes. If I could take a red pen to this carpet, I would suggest, "I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!" But I don't think they'd take too kindly to my edits.
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