Jim, thanks for the explanation. I'll continue to interpret it as I've always done.

>Hi Fernando,
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>It really is a small thing, Fernando, though I have noticed that even small things can confound people who do not use English as their primary language...
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>the general usage of "SNIP", at least as I understand and practise it, is the snip things OUT, leaving the interesting words only. (or you might snip TO the interesting words). On the other hand I completely understood what you meant.
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>Now "SNIP" and many other forum 'words' are technically probably not English, at least in the context here.
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>Since coming to the world of online fora it's become clear to me that non-English speaking people would make by far the best proofreaders of English texts.
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>cheers
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>
>>Hi Peter,
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>>>Could you explain to us foreigners, who don't speak English natively, what snipping means? Up till your post, I thought it meant 'cutting out', normally done to a piece of 'less relevant' text. Now I get the impression that it means 'cutting out all except', normally done to the 'relevant' pieces.
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>>I'm a foreigner too and I don't speak English natively as well :)
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>>AFAIK "snip" means cutting (like with a scissor) something to get it into pieces.
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>>What I meant when replying to Jim was to say that I would just mention the last paragraph because of its relevance to me in the context of his message.
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>>So, yes, I highlited the most relevant part of his text. Think, by observing what others do, that we "snip" that part of text that has some relevance to be mentioned and refered to when replying someone's message.
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>>Please, someone corretct me if I'm wrong.
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>>Regards,
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>>Fernando
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>>>>Hi Jim,
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>>>>>So no, I don't think that in ANY way we are killing ourselves. And I don't think we'll ever even come close to doing so because we have a vast field of potential users out there, far far wider than anything the 'big iron apps' can ever hope to have.
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>>>>I just snipped your messages' last paragraph because, for me, it sumarizes the correct thinking about what's happening.
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>>>Fernando,
>>>Could you explain to us foreigners, who don't speak English natively, what snipping means? Up till your post, I thought it meant 'cutting out', normally done to a piece of 'less relevant' text. Now I get the impression that it means 'cutting out all except', normally done to the 'relevant' pieces.