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You'll have to ask the original author! All of the above (in my post) -- is a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from the original article... It's sort of like i
by peter_d_sherman 4y ago
You'll have to ask the original author!
All of the above (in my post) -- is a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from the original article...
It's sort of like if I repost the following quote to HN:
>"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
...Well, that's not me saying that(!) -- rather it's an a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from a larger document!
If you wish to compare that or any part of that quote to other things -- then I'm guessing (but not knowing!) that you'd probably want to consult with one or more of the original authors of that document! <g>
So you'd probably want to consult the original author -- for an answer to your question!
Finally, I would suggest and submit to you that there is a "no shooting the messenger", er, "requoter", er "reposter", er "messenger", er, "reposter" -- rule in effect!
(If you don't like the message, then don't question the messenger(!) -- he's just the delivery agent(!) -- he didn't write the message -- he just moved it from place to place! <g>)
Asking me (a much lesser individual than any of these great authors, in the grand scheme of things!) -- to give you an opinion about a quote I reposted -- sort of would lessen and dull the simplicity and greatness of the quote(!) -- when the quote is read by itself without commentary, and by itself alone!
So let me ask you a question...
What would you -- compare it to?
?
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWithout taking a side on the actual question being argued... Every once in a while, feel free to end a sentence without an exclamation point. It got really distracting.
- peter_d_sherman 4y agoI use Hacker News to share information with the community -- not criticize other users about their grammar...
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoAnd you could be more effective at sharing information if your punctuation wasn't distracting.
- peter_d_sherman 4y agoNo one is forcing you, or anyone else, to read what I wrote and/or quoted...