Objectively, could I have dropped "most"? Both "most famous"?
Could you have dropped "still," objectively? On Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 12:34 AM Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:36:47PM -0400, David Mertz wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 8:40 PM Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > "Clear and easily understandable" is subjective. What is clear and > > > understandable to me may be impenetrably confusing to others, or > > > obnoxiously dumbed down. > > > > > > > Strunk and White's most famous mandate of "omit needless words" is > likewise > > subjective. > > Take the word out of the sentence, and does the sentence still mean the > same thing? Then the word was needless. That's an objective test. > > > -- > Steven > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SXUJNGR6EFCCPYJ7Y6RWKWMM72K33LPI/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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