# Quoting a small part of a long post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 20, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416 "2023-03-20T20:17:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/21 "2023-03-21T16:13:06Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > I qualified that with “almost” but maybe somebody more pedantic than I can actually think of a reason. Discourse has the unfortunate habit of not indicating which post is being replied to under some conditions. If you want to be clear that you are responding to the entire post and not a portion of it, and you want to be clear who you are responding to, then you need to quote the entire post. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/22 "2023-03-21T16:15:59Z")
Objection dropped. I wasn’t aware of that particular Discourse deficiency. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/23 "2023-03-21T16:17:12Z")
Was that I reply to me? Impossible to know… Of course, who am I replying to? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/24 "2023-03-21T16:25:58Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Was that I reply to me? You talking to me? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/25 "2023-03-21T17:18:37Z")
I just start with e.g @kayaker just above … Then launch into my dissertation. There’s no great harm in quoting an entire 2-sentence post just above. Quoting all of a long post we all just read is IMO just ugly and impolite. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/26 "2023-03-21T18:19:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Leaving out or adding a period or exclamation point (any change) is a workaround. I’d report you for that! > [@Pleonast](#): > > Better to add a non-breaking space with   at the end of the post. Huh, look at that. Something new every day. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/27 "2023-03-24T11:28:54Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > > [@Pleonast](#): > > > > Better to add a non-breaking space with at the end of the post. > > Huh, look at that. Something new every day. Cool. 😲 You’ve edited that quote ! I’m telling the mods… although i’m prepared to accept that discourse did it. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416/28 "2023-03-24T17:31:21Z")
Snitch! You’ll get yers for grassing me out to the coppers! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-small-part-of-a-long-post/981416.md?page=1)