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Who wants the anybody to speak at all?
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Tim McNamara wrote: In article , Michael Press wrote: In article , Tom Sherman °_° wrote: On 8/29/2010 8:42 PM, Michael Press wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 2:42 PM, Michael Press wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 1:29 PM, André Jute wrote: [...] crickets A word to the wise. Do not put text i[n] quotation marks that the quoted person did not write. Michael Press is surprisingly unaware of the standard convention of brackets indicating and editorial insertion or deletion. Therefore, there is nothing dishonest or misleading in what I did. You cite a paper and ink rule. This is not paper and ink. Thanks for letting me know. We can leave quoted text intact. Exercise this option. What if the text is both boring and annoying? As Michael Press is well aware, snipping ALL of Mr. Jute's text in my reply was the point. Do not put text in quotation marks that the attributed writer did not write. To do so is unnecessary, misleading, and not good manners. That is my point. I only mentioned it after you had done it more than once. Using brackets around text is not an indication of quotation. Proper newsreaders and repaired versions of Outlook Express use a quote string, typically an end-bracket (); the open bracket () should not be used as a quote string. I am not talking about the "crickets". I am talking about the line that opens with a left angle bracket-space-left square bracket-ellipsis-right square bracket. In ASCII base 16 octet representation e20 5b2e 2e2e 5d -- Michael Press |
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Who wants the anybody to speak at all?
On 8/31/2010 10:19 PM, Michael Press of Possum Lodge wrote:
In , Tim wrote: In , Michael wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 8:42 PM, Michael Press wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 2:42 PM, Michael Press wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 1:29 PM, André Jute wrote: [...] crickets A word to the wise. Do not put text i[n] quotation marks that the quoted person did not write. Michael Press is surprisingly unaware of the standard convention of brackets indicating and editorial insertion or deletion. Therefore, there is nothing dishonest or misleading in what I did. You cite a paper and ink rule. This is not paper and ink. Thanks for letting me know. We can leave quoted text intact. Exercise this option. What if the text is both boring and annoying? As Michael Press is well aware, snipping ALL of Mr. Jute's text in my reply was the point. Do not put text in quotation marks that the attributed writer did not write. To do so is unnecessary, misleading, and not good manners. That is my point. I only mentioned it after you had done it more than once. Usingbrackets around text is not an indication of quotation. Proper newsreaders and repaired versions of Outlook Express use a quote string, typically an end-bracket (); the open bracket () should not be used as a quote string. I am not talking about the "crickets". [...] [1] It is surprising such a stickler for pedantic detail as Michael Press uses "talking" where he means "writing", as Usenet is a written medium with no sound [2]. [1] For André Jute, this is NOT a quote. [2] Excluding some attached files in binary newsgroups. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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Who wants the anybody to speak at all?
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Tom Sherman °_° wrote: On 8/31/2010 10:19 PM, Michael Press of Possum Lodge wrote: In , Tim wrote: In , Michael wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 8:42 PM, Michael Press wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 2:42 PM, Michael Press wrote: In , Tom Sherman wrote: On 8/29/2010 1:29 PM, André Jute wrote: [...] crickets A word to the wise. Do not put text i[n] quotation marks that the quoted person did not write. Michael Press is surprisingly unaware of the standard convention of brackets indicating and editorial insertion or deletion. Therefore, there is nothing dishonest or misleading in what I did. You cite a paper and ink rule. This is not paper and ink. Thanks for letting me know. We can leave quoted text intact. Exercise this option. What if the text is both boring and annoying? As Michael Press is well aware, snipping ALL of Mr. Jute's text in my reply was the point. Do not put text in quotation marks that the attributed writer did not write. To do so is unnecessary, misleading, and not good manners. That is my point. I only mentioned it after you had done it more than once. Usingbrackets around text is not an indication of quotation. Proper newsreaders and repaired versions of Outlook Express use a quote string, typically an end-bracket (); the open bracket () should not be used as a quote string. I am not talking about the "crickets". [...] [1] It is surprising such a stickler for pedantic detail as Michael Press uses "talking" where he means "writing", as Usenet is a written medium with no sound [2]. Tim, do you see what I am talking about? -- Michael Press |
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