Hi All: It is a serious thing to disagree with L.D, but I'm going to risk it:
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, L.D. Best wrote: > 1. Stop the total quoting of previous messages!! >> NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! There's nothing worse than having to >> flip back and forth, top to bottom trying to figure out >> which antecedent a particular pronoun refers to. > I agree. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER TOP QUOTE !! > - - The loanarranger While it is indisputable that one should restrain one's quoting of a previous message to a reasonable minimum, I disagree about where the quote should be. I say it should be *above* the reply because one logically wants to see the the antecedent to the comment one is making before the comment itself. Put another way, the reply only makes sense once one knows what is being replied to; ergo, the quote should come first (just like I've done here). Ray Andrews, Vancouver, Canada -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
