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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Well, no, quotation marks suffice for most educated posters.
    But they don't tell the reader who you're quoting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    rjhenn was not accurate...
    Neither was Earl. The post #781 that he referred to as Frank's was actually his own post, though he did quote Frank there. But that wasn't Frank's original post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rjhenn View Post
    Neither was Earl. The post #781 that he referred to as Frank's was actually his own post, though he did quote Frank there. But that wasn't Frank's original post.

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    Frank's original post was #778. In post 781, I quoted Frank.

    I don't see a problem here. Whether quotation marks or a quotation box, someone is being quoted. As I said earlier, I have been posting on Topix for years and they did not have a quotation box feature and there were no problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Frank's original post was #778. In post 781, I quoted Frank.

    I don't see a problem here. Whether quotation marks or a quotation box, someone is being quoted. As I said earlier, I have been posting on Topix for years and they did not have a quotation box feature and there were no problems.
    If you quote something, you need to attribute the quote to someone. Otherwise you're just trying to distance yourself from your own statements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rjhenn View Post
    If you quote something, you need to attribute the quote to someone. Otherwise you're just trying to distance yourself from your own statements.

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    When I reply to a poster and use his words (with quotation marks) he and everyone who reads the post knows who is being quoted. As I said before, I used Topix for years and they had no quotation box and there was no confusion. I stand behind my statements. Why would anyone make a statement and then try to deny that he made it?

    You posted that I did quote Frank so you knew who was being quoted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    When I reply to a poster and use his words (with quotation marks) he and everyone who reads the post knows who is being quoted. As I said before, I used Topix for years and they had no quotation box and there was no confusion. I stand behind my statements. Why would anyone make a statement and then try to deny that he made it?

    You posted that I did quote Frank so you knew who was being quoted.
    Again there's nothing to show who you're replying to or who you're quoting. Yes I did finally figure out that you quoted Frank, but you certainly didn't make it easy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rjhenn View Post
    Again there's nothing to show who you're replying to or who you're quoting. Yes I did finally figure out that you quoted Frank, but you certainly didn't make it easy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    "Life is hard, it's really hard if you are stupid." (Attributed to John Wayne).
    I'm sorry that life is so hard for you.

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    The definition of "racist" as "anyone who is white" is itself racist.
    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Powell
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    Quote Originally Posted by rjhenn View Post
    I'm sorry that life is so hard for you.

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    I know what quotation marks mean, you don't. "Life is hard, it's really hard if you are stupid." (Attributed to John Wayne).

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    "My takeaway is there's a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him. That he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time," Schiff, a former prosecutor and the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on "Face the Nation" on CBS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    I know what quotation marks mean, you don't. "Life is hard, it's really hard if you are stupid." (Attributed to John Wayne).
    I know that it's standard practice to identify who you're quoting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rjhenn View Post
    I know that it's standard practice to identify who you're quoting.

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    I do identify the person I quote. I have quoted Henry David Thoreau and de Tocqueville numerous times with attribution. I do not attribute when posting a quote in a reply. I use quotations and the poster who made the statement certainly knows that HE made his statement. Anyone else (as you finally understood) that reads the post understands too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    I do identify the person I quote. I have quoted Henry David Thoreau and de Tocqueville numerous times with attribution. I do not attribute when posting a quote in a reply. I use quotations and the poster who made the statement certainly knows that HE made his statement. Anyone else (as you finally understood) that reads the post understands too.
    Well it's good that you finally seem to have figured out the quote feature.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Powell
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    Quote Originally Posted by rjhenn View Post
    Well it's good that you finally seem to have figured out the quote feature.

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    What's to figure out? I do not attribute when posting a quote in a reply. I use quotations and the poster who made the statement certainly knows that HE made his statement. Anyone else (as you finally understood) that reads the post understands too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    What's to figure out? I do not attribute when posting a quote in a reply. I use quotations and the poster who made the statement certainly knows that HE made his statement. Anyone else (as you finally understood) that reads the post understands too.
    So what's the point of even having a quote feature?

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    RINO is the term for that rare Republican who puts country above party.

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    "When I am president I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to play golf" Donald J. Trump, world class snake oil salesman and compulsive golfer August 2016

    The definition of "racist" as "anyone who is white" is itself racist.
    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Powell
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