Posted by NikkiT2 on March 25, 2003, at 11:05:54
In reply to Lou's reply to NikkiT2's's post-FT2 » NikkiT2, posted by Lou Pilder on March 25, 2003, at 10:47:02
Lou, I have not studied ENglish since leaving high school, so do not know the exact use of "'s.
In the previous thread, I believe i did use your words exactly, even though I missed off the final 3 words. I felt the the final three words did not change the meaning of what you had posted.
I think I posted "only a fool says there is no god", where as what you posted was (i hope I have this almost correct) "only a fool says there is no god in his heart". I was contending this statement, saying that I am *not* a fool, and that I didn;t believe in god, whether in my heart or anywhere else. But this is not the time to bring this discussion up again.Just because I see something in ['s compared to "'s, I would not understand that one is a quote and one is paraphrasing. I'm sure I am not alone in this. I think the fact that other people have mentioned your paraphrasing backs this up.
I am very interested in your reply to Dinah's question, as to why you won't use direct quotes, and feel the need to paraphrase.
When I am replying to a certain post, that post is shown below the typing box. I can refer to this and copy and paste from it.
Nikki
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