"Culturalenigma" wrote in message
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"anne" wrote in message
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Trai, whatever you do DON'T top post!! That's worse than liking Alan
Titchmarsh... well almost ;-)

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Why not?

From the way the thread has been mangled it is not clear what the question
is which you are asking.
If it is about top posting, here is the argument:

The logical flow of a thread is maintained best if
(1) Each responder puts each of his/her comments immediately below the
point to which the response refers, leaving a blank line above and below.
(2) Old text which is irelevant to your response is snipped, and you
indicate where you snipped by saying "[snip]" so that futuure readers know
there might be something relevant which has been removed.
(3) Don't snip text which is part of the context of what your reply refers
to.

If a top-posted thread has been top-posted a second time, it will usually
have been mangled enough to make further interest a waste of time, except
for those whose interest goes no further than just the current comment.

Franz.