"I know you are but what am I? "
even your wound-up attempts at ripostes are first form
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 22:15,
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Now you’re doing that thing where you invent quotes.
It’s like you have a checklist.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 22:40,
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paraphrasing is the only way to keep myself entertained when arguing with a dullard
even that simple concept is beyond you
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 23:14,
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If you’re paraphrasing, why are you using quotation marks? Mug.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 23:30,
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you're really quite poor at grammar, aren't you? Not the best quality in a pedantic dullard, but who am I to judge?
quotation marks are used in paraphrasing to indicate to the reader that it's you that I'm paraphrasing, rather than making my own statement. It's no different to how regular quotes are used.
to give you a usage example, I could paraphrase your above reply by getting to the essence of it with: "I don't really understand paraphrasing".
Now, I guess you'll claim your ignorance was a deliberate wind-up, but I know from considerable experience you really are that witless. Combined with an infantile and borderline sociopathic refusal to deal with being in error, it's quite the combination
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 23:49,
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And we're back to clutching at straws.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 22 Dec 2020, 0:11,
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yet another expression whose application you haven't quite grasped
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 22 Dec 2020, 1:37,
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