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Dang, here I go again, being off-topic and all. Yet, it bugs me that I'm one of the few, maybe the only one, who tidies up the attribution lines by cutting out all the crap that some people put there.
Does it help in reducing the clutter in posts that have a number of attributions, or should I quit abbreviating them so that everyone can enjoy the supposedly clever remarks and other superfluous information that goes on and on until there's (sic) more attribution lines than used for what is being said?
Yours submissively,
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
Does it help in reducing the clutter in posts that have a number of attributions, or should I quit abbreviating them so that everyone can enjoy the supposedly clever remarks and other superfluous information that goes on and on until there's (sic) more attribution lines than used for what is being said?
Yours submissively,
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:1]Dang, here I go again, being off-topic and all. [/nq] Hey! Not only do I tidy up attributions, but I cite only the sections I'm responding to.
- [nq:1]Dang, here I go again, being off-topic and all.
- [/nq] Hey!
- Not only do I tidy up attributions, but I cite only the sections I'm responding to.
- Do you stil love me?
- Dena Jo (Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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[nq:1]Dang, here I go again, being off-topic and all. Yet, it bugs me that I'm one of the few, maybe the only one, who tidies up the attribution lines by cutting out all the **** that some people put there.[/nq]
Hey! Not only do I tidy up attributions, but I cite only the sections I'm responding to. Do you stil love me?
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
Hey! Not only do I tidy up attributions, but I cite only the sections I'm responding to. Do you stil love me?
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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[nq:2]Dang, here I go again, being off-topic and all. Yet, ... cutting out all the **** that some people put there.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hey! Not only do I tidy up attributions, but I cite only the sections I'm responding to. Do you stil love me?[/nq]
Ah, a girl after me own heart. Or are you?
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
[nq:1]Hey! Not only do I tidy up attributions, but I cite only the sections I'm responding to. Do you stil love me?[/nq]
Ah, a girl after me own heart. Or are you?
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:1]Ah, a girl after me own heart. Or are you? Skitt (in Hayward, California) www.geocities.com/opus731/[/nq]
Dunno. What happened to the "Yours submissively"? I like a man who submits...
Dena Jo
(Just kidding, guys!)
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
Dunno. What happened to the "Yours submissively"? I like a man who submits...
Dena Jo
(Just kidding, guys!)
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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[nq:2]Ah, a girl after me own heart. Or are you?[/nq]
[nq:1]Dunno. What happened to the "Yours submissively"? I like a man who submits...[/nq]
Hah! No handcuffs on me, m'kay? I submit that you may have misinterpreted my intentions, but just ever so slightly.
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
[nq:1]Dunno. What happened to the "Yours submissively"? I like a man who submits...[/nq]
Hah! No handcuffs on me, m'kay? I submit that you may have misinterpreted my intentions, but just ever so slightly.
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:2]Hey! Not only do I tidy up attributions, but I cite only the sections I'm responding to. Do you stil love me?[/nq]
[nq:1]Ah, a girl after me own heart. Or are you?[/nq]
You're slipping, Skitt, and missed two OY!able items. Dena Jo not only misspelled "still" but she also forgot "also" after "but I" (as in the standard "not only ... but also" construction). Looks like love does make o
[nq:1]Ah, a girl after me own heart. Or are you?[/nq]
You're slipping, Skitt, and missed two OY!able items. Dena Jo not only misspelled "still" but she also forgot "also" after "but I" (as in the standard "not only ... but also" construction). Looks like love does make o
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[nq:1]You're slipping, Skitt, and missed two OY!able items. Dena Jo not only misspelled "still" but she also forgot "also" after "but I" (as in the standard "not only ... but also" construction). Looks like love does make one blind.[/nq]
I've no excuse for the "stil," but the "not only ... but also" got blown in the rewrite. Still (hehehe), I need someone to keep me on my toes around here! Tha
I've no excuse for the "stil," but the "not only ... but also" got blown in the rewrite. Still (hehehe), I need someone to keep me on my toes around here! Tha
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} Dang, here I go again, being off-topic and all. Yet, it bugs me that I'm } one of the few, maybe the only one, who tidies up the attribution lines by } cutting out all the **** that some people put there.
You're "tidying up" other people's attribution lines? You're saying that they said something your way, rather than the way they said it? Do you at least give some indication that you h
You're "tidying up" other people's attribution lines? You're saying that they said something your way, rather than the way they said it? Do you at least give some indication that you h
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}> www.geocities.com/opus731/
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} Still posting your URL? "Some" might consider it "out of order."
Who? Why? It (at least originally) had a space after the two hyphens (though I notice that you say here that he wrote it without the space). There are no more than four lines of it. It seems fine to me. I think I looked a
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}> Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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} Still posting your URL? "Some" might consider it "out of order."
Who? Why? It (at least originally) had a space after the two hyphens (though I notice that you say here that he wrote it without the space). There are no more than four lines of it. It seems fine to me. I think I looked a
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[nq:1]But, sensitive as I am to accusations of being "poorly formatted",[/nq]
ObReadingComprehension: Not you* are "poorly formatted," but many of your posts & replies are. If *you were "poorly formatted," you'd look like Quasimodo or have a face like ***.
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
ObReadingComprehension: Not you* are "poorly formatted," but many of your posts & replies are. If *you were "poorly formatted," you'd look like Quasimodo or have a face like ***.
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
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On 26 Sep 2003, Skitt posted thus:
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In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Skitt broadcast on alt.usage.english: On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:06:34 -0700, in alt.usage.english, message , "Skitt" (Email Removed) writes
Skitt filted:
One day (9/26/2003 09:06:34 PM), in alt.usage.english, I came across the following words of "wisdom" penned by Skitt (
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In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Skitt broadcast on alt.usage.english: On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:06:34 -0700, in alt.usage.english, message , "Skitt" (Email Removed) writes
Skitt filted:
One day (9/26/2003 09:06:34 PM), in alt.usage.english, I came across the following words of "wisdom" penned by Skitt (
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