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I tried to respond to a thread dealing with the implementation of an equation ( https://coderanch.com/t/624366/java/java/Writing-formula-Java ) and quoting some Pawel Pawlowicz 's earlier response but kept getting -

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The specific error message is: "r" is a silly English abbreviation; use "are" instead.

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The offending 'r' was part of the quoted post and not an abbreviation but part of an equation! Surely this is a bit silly !
 
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Richard Tookey wrote:
The offending 'r' was part of the quoted post and not an abbreviation but part of an equation! Surely this is a bit silly !



Well, I wouldn't agree that it is silly -- as it was really annoying with lots of leet speakers roaming the ranch.... On the other hand, it is definitely a bit aggressive -- and quite frankly, there does seem to be many false positives.

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If it is part of code, the filters are not applied in code tags. Be sure to surround code with code tags, even when quoting.
 
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Bear Bibeault wrote:If it is part of code, the filters are not applied in code tags. Be sure to surround code with code tags, even when quoting.



When I quote part of a post I prefer not to have to modify the text I am quoting. What surprises me is that Pawel Pawlowicz was able to post the equation in the first place without getting the same response !
 
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When I quote part of a post I prefer not to have to modify the text I am quoting. What surprises me is that Pawel Pawlowicz was able to post the equation in the first place without getting the same response !



Hmmm.... That is surprising. Perhaps there is a loophole that we don't know about?

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Pawel's post was in [tt] tags. I believe that's the loophole. On the other hand, I am able to quote it and post a reply without errors. The quoted text retained the [tt] tags.
 
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Yes, the [tt] tag content is considered code if I'm not mistaken.
 
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No, abbreviations are not allowed in tt tags. I've just tested it as a regular user in our test environment. It would be a nice enhancement, though.

Update: it seems there is a regular expression at work. We do allow a single 'r', but we don't allow 'u' followed by an 'r' in a post.
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