Let X be a smooth projective
surface and L a very ample line bundle on X which is not quadratically normal; set
r + 1 = h0(X,L). Here we give numerical conditions on X and L which imply the
existence of a finite subscheme T of X with length(T) ≥ 2s + 2 and contained in a
dimension s ≤ r − 2 linear subspace of P(H0(X,L)) and such that L∣T is not
quadratically normal.