On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 21:56 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote:
> 
> "Thanks Patrick "Answers interspersed with quotes
> > below." is the term I was looking for."
> 
> That should not be construed as sanctioning the placement of the
> backquotes
> *before* your answer - the (trimmed) backquotes should always come
> first, followed 
> by your answer. And obviously, of course, interleaved, if you are
> composing, say, three
> separate comments, covering three separate portions of the backquoted
> material.
> That *is* the way that conversations naturally flow,
> despite the protestations of the top-posting crowd.

"Interspersed" or "interleaved" doesn't imply one order or the other.

(Just to further confuse non-English speakers, note that "sanction" is
one of those words with two opposing meanings; it's either "punish" or
"permit" :-)

poc

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