# Correcting minor typos within someone else's quote box should be allowed

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**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correcting-minor-typos-within-someone-elses-quote-box-should-be-allowed/925170 "2020-11-09T20:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correcting-minor-typos-within-someone-elses-quote-box-should-be-allowed/925170/31 "2020-11-11T01:23:32Z")

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I just quoted someone and it appears to have changed it without my fiddling. Probably because the bit I quoted is within \< \> or something

> [@Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5413):
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> I know. I only noticed that after the edit window. Bah.

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