On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:12:38 -0500, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2005-11-05, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:55:48 -0500, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>
>><quoting deliberately removed to make a point>
>>
>> So that people reading your reply know what you are commenting about.
>>
>> (Now, imagine that you're reading from a newsgroup where Chris' post has
>> disappeared off the server, or perhaps never showed up at all.)
>
> Did I say something???
Yes.
Quoting from your earlier post, including the text you quoted:
[quote]
> I would only do in-line response type when there is a need for
> specific response in context.
If there's not, why would you quote anything?
[end quote]
You should almost always quote *something*, if only to give some
context. If there is no context at all, you almost certainly want to
start a new thread.
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