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Quotations, was Re[2]: [at-l] ...something long...



He said to him:
> you want us to believe
> that taking words/phrases out of the middle of a sentence doesn't change
the
> meaning?
>
as they were discussing who said what to whom... again.

Yesterday or the day before, I ran across an Ambrose Bierce statement in
which he said "Quotation is the act of repeating erroneously the words of
another."

Somehow it seems to apply here.

Al (Draggin' Anchor) back after a short, self imposed hiatus.