Citing bullet points in block quotes forces the number to be 1

Question

I wanted to quote a single (not the first) bullet point in a bulleted list from another site. I used the block quote function to indent the text and place it in a grey box to denote it as separate from the main text. I copied and pasted the quote including the number at the beginning e.g. "9. blah blah". However in an attempt to list bullet points in order the representation was show as "1. blah blah". When I went to edit the text, the original was still there i.e. "9" but readers would see "1.".

Am I just using the block-quote function incorrectly in this situation?

Answer 1

5. in a pinch you can escape the point . to preserve the numbering

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>5\. in a pinch you can escape the point `.` to preserve the numbering

5. Now you don't need to escape the point anymore to start a numbered list at an arbitrary number.

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>5. Now [you don't need to escape the point anymore](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/239121 "as announced here") to start a numbered list at an arbitrary number.