Quote within a Quote, Multiple Quotes
Quote within a Quote, Multiple Quotes
Quoting Guide II
Multiple Quotes
If you would like to quote several posts in one reply, here's how to do it:
Stan says that GFCI's are not required in kitchens in post #2.
Fred says that receptacles in a kitchen are required to be no more than two feet apart in post #4.
1. Click on the
button in either post - let's say I hit the quote button in Stan's post. The reply screen loads, with Stan's quote in quote bars, as described in the
quoting guide. Erase the parts you don't wish to reply to, to save space and to clarify what you're responding to.
2. Type your reply to Stan's comment. Hit the enter key a couple times, when you're finished, to make a little space for the next quote.
3. Type in the first quote bracket, [quote=Fred] , and scroll down the reply screen until you see Fred's comment. (If you leave out the
=Fred part of the quote bracket, the quote will still work - but everyone will think Stan said what's in the quote, since he was the last one you quoted. The software automatically put a
=Stan into the first quote when you hit the
button in Stan's post.)
If a thread is more than 10 replies long, you will have to click the link at the bottom of the displayed posts to open the thread back up in a new window, to find Fred's earlier comment.
4. Copy Fred's comment, and paste it into the reply screen.
5. Type the end quote bracket, [/quote] .
6. Hit the return key a couple times, and reply to Fred.
7. Hit the preview post button, to make sure it went off as you intended.
So this:
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[quote=Stan]GFCI's are not required in kitchens.[/quote]
Stan, you need to read 210.8 - GFCI's are required on countertops.
[quote=Fred]Receptacles in a kitchen are required to be no more than two feet apart.[/quote]
They can be four feet apart.
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Looks like this:
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Stan said:
GFCI's are not required in kitchens.
Stan, you need to read 210.8 - GFCI's are required on countertops.
Fred said:
Receptacles in a kitchen are required to be no more than two feet apart.
They can be four feet apart.
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Quote within a quote
Scenario: Stan said no GFCI's in a kitchen, and Fred replied with a correction with no code reference, and you want to be fancy and show them both and add the code reference. Here's how:
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Fred said:
Stan said:
No GFCI's required in a kitchen.
Not true, but I don't have my code book handy.
[/quote] <----------(Ignore this: when the software gets a lot of bracketing going on, it starts adding gunk, it's a glitch.)
Take a look at 210.8.
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[quote=Fred][quote=Stan]No GFCI's required in a kitchen.[/quote]
[left]Not true, but I don't have my code book handy.[/quote][/quote][/left]
Take a look at 210.8.