Re: USAGE: Please snip! (was Re: USAGE: Internetese deviancy - the definite article)

B. Garcia wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:19:27 +1000, Tristan Mc Leay
><kesuari@...> wrote:
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> Generally you only need to quote one, maybe two at most of the
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>>posts, and generally of that only a sentence or two per reply.
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>Sometimes though when breaking down someone's argument i'll separate
>their post into lines, and discuss each one, giving context to the
>reader, as well as making it easier for me to analyze what they say.
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I meant to cover that when I said 'per reply'. Which is quite obviously
the wrong thing to have said, given what 'reply' normally means in email
contexts. That is, of course, perfectly okay.


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