Hi, Anton Shepelev!   
   I read your message from  26.06.2016 21:23   
   about What is behind short URL?.   
      
   I am glad you have managed to overcome your technical problems and got through   
   to this echo.   
      
    ak> Sometimes we are not sure what is hiding behind the short URL you   
    ak> just received. There is a site that can help:   
      
    ak> http://www.knowurl.com   
      
    AS> I have been taught on Usenet that posting short, auto-forwarding   
    AS> URLs is impolite and that one shall always supply either a short   
    AS> preview URL or the full one to boot, e.g.:   
      
    AS> http://tinyurl.com/5rd3lt   
    AS> http://preview.tinyurl.com/5rd3lt[ Netizens: An Anthology ]   
      
   What is "preview URL"? If I post a short URL of a certain site -- where can I   
   get a "preview page URLs"?   
      
   Short URLs are needed only in one case -- when the URL you want to post out is   
   too long. Long URLs look bad, although they are not prohibited.   
      
      
    AS> P.S.: Shall  one  employ  the[1]  Fido-style quoting   
    AS>       with the initials in this echo even when there   
    AS>       is  no nesting, i.e. only one person is quoted   
    AS>       (as above)?   
      
   Quoting makes things clear. You should always think that somebody third can   
   enter into the conversation at any moment, and in this case your quoting marks   
   will be useful. Although if you cannot make proper quoting (or it is difficult   
   for you) you can surely write in free style. At least in this echo it is   
   acceptable, even though long talks look ugly with bad quoting. Learning is   
   above all things! ;-)   
      
    AS> 1. Is  this  article  correct?   I  was  vacillating   
    AS>    bentween it and the zero article.   
      
   Yes, you should put "employ the Fido-style quoting". Similar "to use the   
   English language".   
      
      
   PS: BTW, what a program do you use when you write your messages?   
      
      
   Bye, Anton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   ENGLISH_TUTOR 2016   
      
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