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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>quote chapter and verse</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Q.html" title="Q"/><link rel="previous" href="Quirk-objection.html" title="Quirk objection"/><link rel="next" href="quotient.html" title="quotient"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">quote chapter and verse</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Quirk-objection.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Q</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="quotient.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="quote-chapter-and-verse"/><dt xmlns="" id="quote-chapter-and-verse"><b>quote chapter and verse</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant excerpt
from an appropriate <a href="../B/bible.html"><i class="glossterm">bible</i></a>. &#8220;<span class="quote">I don't care if
<b class="command">rn</b> gets it wrong; &#8216;Followup-To:
poster&#8217; is explicitly permitted by <a href="../R/RFC.html"><i class="glossterm">RFC</i></a>-1036.
I'll quote chapter and verse if you don't believe me.</span>&#8221; See also
<a href="../L/legalese.html"><i class="glossterm">legalese</i></a>, <a href="../L/language-lawyer.html"><i class="glossterm">language lawyer</i></a>,
<a href="../R/RTFS.html"><i class="glossterm">RTFS</i></a> (sense 2).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Quirk-objection.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Q.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="quotient.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Quirk objection </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> quotient</td></tr></table></div></body></html>