[SAJ]

This is due to both the ergonomics of the situation and to the intended audience. When one wishes to create a mssg w/o expending more than a minimum effort (cf. Graham & Dodd's section on ''Relative Value''), typing 'THE' requires considerably less hand motion than typing '[b]The[/b]'. The other way to say this is that your mssg wasn't worth the trouble.

Additionally, when the audience is one who either cannot be bothered or is incompetent to quote accurately a simple sentence from a dustjacket, there is no logical reason to assume said audience's competence in HTML either.

DO have a nice day, won't you?

[steve86]

The quotation I provided is a verbatim quote from an online review of your book.

You make wild presumptions about other FReepers, many of whom are more highly educated and accomplished than you. (And know how to write straightforward, non-idiosyncratic sentences absent blather).