Rex wrote:
I think the way you've cut the quotation is a little misleading, so just to clarify for other readers, it was I and not Angela who wrote the offending sentence.
At last, Rex and Angela, I can offer you a decent apology for my ham-fisted "quote" performance, which led to the incorrect attribution. I'm sorry if either of you found my original post annoying, but it was entirely unintended.
Sorry too, Rex, if I seemed to over-react in Paula's defence; the subject is still sore even after so many years. I do find this Forum generally quite cathartic - several little demons from Hertford days have been exorcised! - but a few still prod me viciously, and that is one.