[PaulS]

Originally Posted by detbuch

Plagiarized from Wickipedia (but not cut and pasted, so presumably ok and suitable for PaulS to read):

"Tone is a literary technique that is part of a composition, which encompasses the attitude toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work. Tone may be formal, informal, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, condescending, or many other possible attitudes. . . . All pieces of literature, even official documents, have some sort of tone."

When PaulS accuses ScottW of being one of the least classy people on this site, that has a formal, serious and condescending tone.

Condescension is one of the least classy tones.

I never said C&Ps, I said C&Ps from biased sites and I don't consider Wikiepedia biased. I've agreed some of my posts prob. are condescending. I still rather be cond. than outright rude and insulting.