Top Posting

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Mon Dec 27 20:42:18 UTC 2010


On 27 December 2010 19:36, Raeven Cogan <raevencgn at gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
> Excuse me, but is this bottom posting or am I still incorrect?

That is bottom posting, but there is ideally a little more to it than
that.  You have just stuck the answer right at the bottom and have not
trimmed (ie deleted unnecessary parts of the previous post).  Ideally
your reply should be inserted at appropriate points in the previous
email, so if someone asks questions you put your responses after each
question.  I suggest that, before sending your reply, you read through
the whole email and imagine someone coming upon the email and reading
it.  If it makes sense to that reader then you will not go far wrong.

Good luck

Colin




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