# Quoting rules

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-rules/948188>\
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**Created:** [August 7, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-rules/948188 "2021-08-07T13:02:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-rules/948188/5 "2021-08-07T15:39:22Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Is there a problem here on the board? I haven’t seen one, but this perfectly clarifies what posters are supposed to do, always a good thing.

see this thread.

> [@...I don't understand this guidance at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-guidance-at-all/948161):
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> …I do not understand this guidance at all. I don’t think I quoted them out of context. The post was immediately above mine so the context was there. The rest of the response didn’t address either of my questions, so I snipped the bits out that didn’t answer my questions and quoted the bit that did. How does this nearly rise to a warning?

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