there are several other errors as well, like in the email notifications. Not a major deal (and certainly understandable). I rewrote the notification message to read as follows:
<p>[blogname] Your comment on post [postname] just received a new reply</p>
<p>here is your comment:
[pc_content]</p>
<p>here is the reply :
[cc_content]</p>
<p>You can see details for the comment on this post here:
[commentlink]</p>
<p>Thank you [blogname]</p>
<p>This email is automatically generated by the blog system. Please do not reply.</p>