On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:39:40 PDT, "Roy S. Rapoport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> added about seven lines Of course, sometimes it's nice to actually cite a *paragraph* so as to not lose the context of the discussion. If the original text is of the form "3 lines about factor A" followed by "3 lines about factor B", it's often useful to leave the ENTIRE paragraph in there. (Yes, I intentionally excessively trimmed the quote for effect - notice the total devastation of context. I'd have to have quoted *5* lines just to get the entire sentence). This is particularly important for the people who are NOT subscribed at the moment. Yes, everybody who is *on* the list has the context at hand because they've been (presumably) following the thread. The poor joker who will be googling for "factor B" 2 years from now - you really want to leave HIM a hint that your reply was really only regarding "factor A" in the special case where "factor B" was involved too. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
