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Re: "MOC" Blacksmith Shop on lego.com
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Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:04:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> No, it's actually quite clear. As in the example above. ("I" am saying that
> YOU wrote the stuff that is marked with ">" symbols and YOU are saying that
> TOM wrote the stuff that is marked with ">>" symbols.)
> If you doubt me, you may want to do some research into RFCs.
I did better than that. I just opened up my newsreader and took a look.
Well I'll be ding dong danged.
I must have been mentally correcting it all these years, 'cause I sure
wouldn't have expected it to look that way.
I find on LUGNET, when replying through the web browser it just looked
funny. Then I saw that Tom had accidentally quoted me and responded to a
posting as though my comments had come from Richie. So that was why I
decided to mention it in that posting. For the longest time I thought I was
the only one who noticed the problem. That was apparently true, although I
was the only one noticing a problem that didn't exist in the first place. :)
Thanks for setting me straight Larry. Now... can you help me with my taxes
this year? I'm a bit lost on them too. ;)
All the best,
Allan B.
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| (...) I would. The quote marks indicate the stuff the quotee wrote. Think about the use of quotes in normal text, you write: Tom said: "Let's play." not "Tom said: Let's play". If you are quoting a passage from a book or something you do this: When (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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