# quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 9, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773 "2000-12-09T17:01:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773/1 "2000-12-09T17:01:10Z")

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Okay, something is driving me nuts. I want to quote other remarks, but nothing I do seems to work. Sure, I can type

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, but how do you cut and paste a remark to put inbetween?

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**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773/2 "2000-12-09T17:04:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by grienspace \*  
> \*\* Okay, something is driving me nuts. I want to quote other remarks, but nothing I do seems to work. Sure, I can type
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> , but how do you cut and paste a remark to put inbetween? \*\*

Tee hee! I just pressed the “quote” button at the bottom of your original post.

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773/3 "2000-12-09T17:35:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by scratch1300 \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by grienspace \*  
> > \*\* Okay, something is driving me nuts. I want to quote other remarks, but nothing I do seems to work. Sure, I can type
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> > , but how do you cut and paste a remark to put inbetween? \*\*
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> Tee hee! I just pressed the “quote” button at the bottom of your original post. \*\*

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773/4 "2000-12-09T17:37:32Z")

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Tee hee! I just pressed the “quote” button at the bottom of your original post. \*\*  
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Lets try this

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773/5 "2000-12-09T17:39:45Z")

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> Tee hee! I just pressed the “quote” button at the bottom of your original post. \*\*

lets try this

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes/44773/6 "2000-12-09T17:43:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by scratch1300 \*  
> Tee hee! I just pressed the “quote” button at the bottom of your original post. \*\*

Okay, I think I got it now