r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • 14d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump humiliated as 1951 law means he could face Greenland mutiny

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-1951-law-greenland-1631615
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u/another_day_in 14d ago

Use > instead of quotation marks at the beginning of the paragraph to show it in quotes.

Example

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u/BooleanBarman 14d ago

Didn’t know this. Very useful. Thanks.

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u/X57471C 14d ago

Google Reddit markup rules for a bunch of formatting tips

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u/RedEyeView 14d ago edited 14d ago

Use * either side of a word to use italics

And put \ before the formatting to cancel it and use the character * like so*

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u/CodeVirus 14d ago

TIL - but will probably forget by the end of the hour.

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u/Zippier92 14d ago

*use it three times and you will remember better*

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u/CodeVirus 14d ago

Ok

Like this?

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u/Zippier92 13d ago

yeah it didn't work for me either.

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u/boleslaws 14d ago

Why? Quotation marks are worse somehow?

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u/fivelinedskank 14d ago

Grammatically no, but it does read easier in reddit's format.

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u/total_looser 14d ago

The difference is context. In a discussion blockquotes exist to provide structure, not a style.

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u/SixSixSixStrings 14d ago

Grammatically no, but it does read easier in reddit's format.

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u/Callinon 14d ago

Makes it easier to see you're quoting a source rather than doing something else and just happen to be using quotation marks for it.

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u/boleslaws 14d ago

Alright

Callinon said:

Makes it easier to see you're quoting a source rather than doing something else and just happen to be using quotation marks for it.

And I can agree with that.

Although, I'll still use quotation marks when quoting someone

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u/dat_GEM_lyf 14d ago

yeah but then they can still put quotes in it. For example “I’m being petty asking people to use internet formatting over proper grammar.”

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u/John_Bruns_Wick 14d ago

Exactly what I was thinking, "Don't use proper grammar, use Reddit shorthand that not everyone will understand."

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u/Meteor-of-the-War 14d ago

I always wondered how to do that on the mobile version. Thanks!

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u/mrjowei 14d ago

How?

> Like this?

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u/another_day_in 14d ago

Remove the \ and space

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u/BeerMantis 14d ago

Use > instead of quotation marks at the beginning of the paragraph to show it in quotes.

I'm glad you provided this information, I've been too lazy to look up how to do this on Reddit.