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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!ogicse!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!comphy.physics.orst.edu!preddy
  2. From: preddy@comphy.physics.orst.edu
  3. Newsgroups: misc.writing
  4. Subject: Re: speech interruption
  5. Message-ID: <1ermk4INNc51@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>
  6. Date: 23 Nov 92 22:40:04 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: gaia.1ermk4INNc51
  8. Reply-To: preddy@comphy.UUCP ()
  9. Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research, NY
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  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: physics.orst.edu
  12.  
  13. >She said, "I'm posting you about my problem--" Her hands 
  14. >became clumsy on the keyboard. "--and I hope you're able 
  15. >to help me."
  16.  
  17. How about:
  18.  
  19.      She typed awkwardly, "I am posting you about my problem 
  20.      and I hope you are able to help." 
  21.  
  22. Assuming, of course, we know already "she" is sitting before a
  23. computer terminal.
  24.