Italics appear in his original post. That means he used HTML.
When you CUT and PASTE, the original HTML commands are not copied.
Ergo, no italics, and no paragraph breaks.
If you want his ‘text’ to appear exactly as it did in his first post, YOU must supply the proper HTML commands.
OK, thanks, though I was pretty sure I have copied and pasted the same way in the past without this happening I appreciate your explanation.