# Test Thread: I'm Learning About Quoting **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 18, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258 "2021-02-18T22:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/23 "2021-04-08T01:41:25Z")
I’m not testing quoting. I’m testing spoilers. I’m testing spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/24 "2021-04-08T01:52:35Z")
You might have wandered into the wrong thread. ETA: DAMMIT!! HOW DOES QUOTING WORK?! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/25 "2021-04-08T03:57:58Z")
Block the text you want to quote. Click on the grey “Quote” box that appears. Click on “Reply”. Voila! If you were quoting the entire post immediately before yours, whether by using the above method or by selecting “Reply”, the quote disappears from your reply. To prevent this, before clicking on “Reply” Ctrl-C the quote (including the quote and /quote tags). Click reply, then edit the post, Ctrl-V, and “Reply” again. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/26 "2021-04-08T04:09:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Block the text you want to quote. > Click on the grey “Quote” box that appears. > Click on “Reply”. > Voila! > > If you were quoting the entire post immediately before yours, whether by using the above method or by selecting “Reply”, the quote disappears from your reply. To prevent this, before clicking on “Reply” Ctrl-C the quote (including the quote and /quote tags). Click reply, then edit the post, Ctrl-V, and “Reply” again. I’m on my phone but I’m giving the double reply strategy a try. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/27 "2021-04-08T04:11:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Block the text you want to quote. > Click on the grey “Quote” box that appears. > Click on “Reply”. > Voila! Partial quote. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/28 "2021-04-08T04:12:08Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > It didn’t work at all so I put an extra space in my quoted text. > > How are you guys making it work? - You can’t quote the exact _entire_ quote. You can cut it off before the last punctuation mark, or some people add a hyphen at the end (as I did to demonstrate). Or add these characters at the end of their quote to insert an invisible nonbreaking space: ** ** _(ampersand nbsp semicolon)_ ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/29 "2021-04-08T04:13:50Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Block the text you want to quote. > > Click on the grey “Quote” box that appears. > > Click on “Reply”. > > Voila! > > > > If you were quoting the entire post immediately before yours, whether by using the above method or by selecting “Reply”, the quote disappears from your reply. To prevent this, before clicking on “Reply” Ctrl-C the quote (including the quote and /quote tags). Click reply, then edit the post, Ctrl-V, and “Reply” again. > > I’m on my phone but I’m giving the double reply strategy a try. It works but it makes me miss the old Dope. ETA: I didn’t have to do the edit this time. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/30 "2021-04-08T04:18:26Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > > > It didn’t work at all so I put an extra space in my quoted text. > > > > How are you guys making it work? - > > You can’t quote the exact _entire_ quote. You can cut it off before the last punctuation mark, or some people add a hyphen at the end (as I did to demonstrate). Or add these characters at the end of their quote to insert an invisible nonbreaking space: ** ** _(ampersand nbsp semicolon)_ - I take it that the Mods are OK with this. Altering anything within a quotation box was strictly verboten. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/31 "2021-04-08T04:30:27Z")
Adding the hyphen is akin to adding a \ to show it’s been snipped. I usually just put in the invisible space or drop the last period (if I have to quote the entire quote). See: [We're All Here. Now What? (Basic Tutorial) - #23 by GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081/23) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/32 "2021-04-08T13:38:08Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Adding the hyphen is akin to adding a \ to show it’s been snipped. I usually just put in the invisible space or drop the last period (if I have to quote the entire quote). See: [We're All Here. Now What? (Basic Tutorial) - #23 by GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081/23)   Trying the & thing. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/33 "2021-04-09T03:27:28Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > Adding the hyphen is akin to adding a \ to show it’s been snipped. I usually just put in the invisible space or drop the last period (if I have to quote the entire quote). See: [We're All Here. Now What? (Basic Tutorial) - #23 by GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081/23)   > > Trying the & thing. The “& thing” is too hard to remember. I just type a space (which is what the “& thing” amounts to) at the end of the last line. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/34 "2021-04-09T03:34:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > > > Adding the hyphen is akin to adding a \ to show it’s been snipped. I usually just put in the invisible space or drop the last period (if I have to quote the entire quote). See: [We're All Here. Now What? (Basic Tutorial) - #23 by GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081/23)   > > > > Trying the & thing. > > The “& thing” is too hard to remember. I just type a space (which is what the “& thing” amounts to) at the end of the last line. Trying the space thing. It seems inconsistent to me. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258/35 "2021-04-26T22:44:15Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Trying the space thing. It seems inconsistent to me. testing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-im-learning-about-quoting/933258.md?page=1)