----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Shorney" <jshor...@inebraska.com>
To: "drakelist" <Drakelist@zerobeat.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] AF output tube in R4A
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:34:03 -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote:
Note: do people on this list prefer top replies or
bottom? I got a private e-mail asking me to change to top
posting so I am trying it.
It varies. In the dialup BBS scene where I cut my online
teeth, bottom posting
was the standard. It also follows the flow of the
conversation. Top posting is
lazinesss in some cases, but seems to have become the
preferred method in the
business world because it creates a "paper trail".
Whatever. You will never get any group of two or more
people to agree on using
one method or the other. I just use what seems appropriate
for the individual
message, depending on content and length of reply, and
whether interleaving
makes sense.
More important IMO is I REALLY wish people would learn to
trim replies and use
apostrophes correctly....
73
This time on the bottom. I feel the same way, that is
that bottom posting carries the thread better. But, most of
the replies I've gotten want it on top. Either is easy to do
so, perhaps I will do both.
I do try to snip where it seems to be appropriate.
Sometimes it seem necessary to leave most of a thread in
order that the meaning is clear but often not.
I think sometimes there are no real rules about
punctuation; there are so many variations; who are the
experts? Ideally, punctuation should help interpreting the
meaning of the sentence. I sometimes see punctuation that
stops me cold, it shouldn't do that. I use semi-colons a
lot; not sure if I really use them correctly. A comma will
usually do but sometimes one wants something with more
separation. I was taugh that correct usage and punctuation
was important and that people would judge you by it. I think
now that I was simply taught to be an intellectual snob.
Anyone can be one, you don't need a lot of money or an
impressive wardrobe.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickb...@ix.netcom.com
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