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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3147390, member: 44316&quot;]I am a former professor. In my classes I outlawed the word &quot;it&quot;. That word is a pronoun referring to something and half the class (or more) did not know which &quot;it&quot; was being referred to (sometimes the speaker didn&#039;t, either). </p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, sometimes we have threads with five coins shown by five posters and then someone chimes in with simply &quot;Nice coin!&quot;&nbsp; But, which one?&nbsp; Such posts would be clear if they quoted part of the post with the coin, or addressed the poster by username: &quot;Nice coin, @xyz&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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