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Originally posted by Da_Moose
Hendrik,
Time for a grammar lesson. Here's what you said, word for word:
What I did was the CONCEPT known as paraphrasing. I did not use your exact words, but I used the idea you conveyed through them (see quote above). I felt no reason to word for word re-state what had already been stated, so I gave you due credit in saying this:
What I paraphrased you as saying was OFFSET by the COMMAS (note there are two of them, one before 'teach', and one after 'now'). Using commas in ths manner denotes something as being a 'contained extra'. What I paraphrased you saying BEGAN at the comma before "teach" and ENDED at the comma after "now". Got it? Make sense?
If you have a problem with people quoting you, maybe you need the copyright 'R' after everything you type. Besides, I seem to remember you being very adept at quoting other people's writings in ways that make them appear wrong and you correct, by not quoting everything they write, rather only the points you can easily disagree with. In the future though, I'll be sure not to quote or paraphrase you, I'm not a grammar or ESOL teacher and I don't have time to give you English lessons each post.