On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:52:47 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote:

"...........Your posts are most confusing, David: how come the text you're
replying to never has the usual quote marks at the beginning of each line?
........"

When I was in school if you were quoting a paragraph you just used quotation
marks ( " ")at the beginning and end of the piece you are quoting, and
certainly not at the start of every line.

On internet it's different your mail tool puts the things on for you.
Do you deliberately delete them?
Other mail tools use the to recognise, who has posted what, mine
changes the colour of the text using them.
Mail tools for the blind also use the characters.
--
Martin