# Quoting????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting/29112>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 12, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting/29112 "2000-08-12T14:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting/29112/1 "2000-08-12T14:38:08Z")

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how do I quote? do I just do the {QUOTE} then {/QUOTE} but with \< and \>, and in between just copy/paste the text? Is that correct?

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting/29112/2 "2000-08-12T14:44:14Z")

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It is not html **Kaz** , so use rather than \< \> for code. Useful trick: click on the “quote” button at the bottom of posts. You will see what the previous person has posted, including their coding.

picmr

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting/29112/3 "2000-08-12T17:13:26Z")

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Also, there can’t be a space immediately inside the tags, or it screws it up. So it says on the vB code page, at least… I’ve never tested it.