From a reader in greater Chicago, we get a fantastic snap and observation:
How much do they value my opinion if that is in quotations?
From a reader in greater Chicago, we get a fantastic snap and observation:
How much do they value my opinion if that is in quotations?
An American optimist would imagine something enthusiastic, like the whole company shouting: “We value your opinion!!”
An American pessimist would imagine something sarcastic, like: We “value” your “opinion.”
See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/7-awesome-examples-of-unn_n_330321.html
A Brit would imagine the author has a part-time gig writing green grocer signage and got carried away using double apostrophes when none at all would have been best. See : http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/english/2006/03/whats_a_greengr.html
I tend toward the first option… they “totally” value your opinion!!