<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I actually read it as borderline condescending but I was certain it was not meant that way. <br><br></div><div><br>On Feb 4, 2015, at 22:04, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr">That is fair enough.<br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 21:57:58 -0600<br>> From: <a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com">tclug@freakzilla.com</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] DHCP address reservation on Q1000 modem - Question.<br>> <br>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2015, paul g wrote:<br>> <br>> > Thank you for your 'FAST' and 'Efficient' response.<br>> <br>> <br>> Paul, putting things in 'quote marks' when no quotemarks are required is <br>> used to signify irony. That is, it is used to denote that you mean the <br>> OPPOSITE of what you are saying.<br>> <br>> I realise you are trying to use them for emphasis, but what you're doing <br>> there makes as much sense as putting a question mark at the end of the <br>> sentence - it does not produce what you want.<br>> <br>> In the sentence you wrote, and underline would've been the appropriate <br>> method of emphasis, but even if you used that it would still look <br>> confusing since no emphasis is actually required in that sentence.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br></div> </div>
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