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<blockquote><i>Should I hit '[reply]' or '[comment on]' </i></blockquote><P>
To clarify what [LanX] [id://11147233|said]: You use <C>[comment on]</C> if you want to reply to the top visible node of the thread you are currently reading. But you use <C>[reply]</C> next to a particular comment ("node", or what you might think of as a sub-post) if you want to reply to that node instead of the top node. <P>
Whichever of the links you choose, the forum will show the node you are replying to directly above your edit-the-new-post window, so you know where exactly in the conversation you are. <P>
So, when I am looking at your [id://11147232], I clicked on <C>[comment on]</C> to reply to your "Apologies" post -- and I can see the text of that post while I am creating my answer. (Once I <C>[preview]</C> my post, I lose that context and instead see the rendered version of my post above the editing box before <c>[create]</c>-ing it.) If I had wanted to contradict [LanX] directly, I could have clicked on <C>[reply]</C> next to his post in the threaded view (and in fact will be, soon).
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