# Little help with semantics here. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 17, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-help-with-semantics-here/578763 "2011-04-17T22:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-help-with-semantics-here/578763/81 "2011-04-18T21:42:58Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > No, those were just examples of things I thought of. They weren’t direct quotes. > \*edit > oh you mean the second post. clearly marley didn’t have a problem with it. it would have been excruciatingly tedious. Marley didn’t call you out on it, but he certainly could have. From the FAQ: [quote] Text inside [QUOTE] tags is sacrosanct. Normal editorial rules apply: that is, you may indicate omitted portions of a quote by the use of ellipses “…” and you may add text to clarify a word using square brackets (e.g., “her [the sister’s] friend”), but you may \*\*not \*\*add editorial comments or edit a quote so as to change the substantive meaning; nor may you substitute text such as “some blather” or “more nonsense” inside the > [@](#): > > tags. Underlining added for emphasis. Excrutiatingly tedious is trumped by distorting what someone said. If you are trying to list examples of types of comments and editorial remarks, then do not use the quote box. If you are quoting remarks that were made, then put your editorials outside the quote box. That example was probably missed because you didn’t attribute the quote to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-help-with-semantics-here/578763/82 "2011-04-18T22:39:14Z")
I didn’t distort _anything_, Marley didn’t seem to have a problem with it (even after you complained!) and I’m trying to figure out why you’re in this thread “answering questions” when you aren’t a mod? Uh? Discussion is over? You guys want to talk amongst yourselves? Feel free. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-help-with-semantics-here/578763/83 "2011-04-18T23:33:45Z")
Don’t worry, **CitizenPained** , it’s a rhetorical question but you do realize that threads in ATMB are open to all interested Dopers? (Most of us have an interest in the interpretation of rules). If you need to keep it between you and the Mods you always have PMs at hand. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-help-with-semantics-here/578763/84 "2011-04-19T03:25:38Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > Re: Dio, the rules just don’t apply to him. Marley pretty much said so. We’re done here. I said nothing close to this, and if you’re going to distort what I say, then there’s no reason for me to engage in a discussion with you. If you have a question and are actually interested in my answer, send me a private message. If not, then don’t insult people. This thread is locked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-help-with-semantics-here/578763.md?page=4)