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[ne... <guhvies@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 16:34, Richard <ricreig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> PS, I am aware that occasionally I use CAPS in my posts.   I do that for 
> emphasis, not for yelling.   I have seen perfectly valid posts poo-poo'd 
> primarily by proponents of the opposite opinion (and often without, or 
> incapbable of a, better response) because there were caps used by the poster. 
>   Caps are a valid punctuation.   If the entire post is all caps then that 
> might be construed as shouting, but captilizing words or phrases should be 
> construed as emphasis and should not subject the poster to ridicule.   IMO
If you want to emphasize something, use underscores eg _emphasize_ .
The use of caps will
always be construed as shouting while other methods exist to do this.

ne...
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