Index: comment-functions.php
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--- comment-functions.php	(revision 2675)
+++ comment-functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@
 					echo '" onclick="wpopen(this.href); return false"';
         } else {
             // if comments_popup_script() is not in the template, display simple comment link
-            comments_link();
+		if (0 == $number) {
+			echo get_permalink() . '#respond';
+		} else {
+			comments_link();
+		}
             echo '"';
         }
         if (!empty($CSSclass)) {
