On 1-8-2009 5:31, Darren New wrote:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Been, there, been told that, trying to stop doing it, but also tired 
>> of people whining about misused quotes, instead of the content of the 
>> post.
> 
> You should understand that it really distracts from your point. It 
> actually makes it difficult to understand, like if you consistently used 
> the wrong tense for verbs or used "he" when you meant "she".
> 
> (I know when my wife gets talking fast and forgets that "he" and "she" 
> are different words in English, it becomes really hard to follow who 
> she's talking about.)

My wife has the strange habit of verbatim quoting entire conversations 
(i.e. without using 'and then he said' or similar to indicate she is 
still quoting) between her and somebody else. After ten minutes I get 
confused if 'you' refers to me or to that other person.

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