Re^10: To help not to misguide

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Re^11: To help not to misguide by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Jan 03, 2006 at 15:41 UTC
If you want to be concise, you don't need to say anything is wrong. It is implicit in the correction, where you say how it's wrong. e.g.: possessives like "rat's" should include an apostrophe Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.	[reply]
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Re^11: To help not to misguide by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jan 03, 2006 at 15:43 UTC
“Having” to be polite has never deterred me from posting corrections. Nor from going to the trouble of making them polite. And drop the hyperbole about verbosity. Explaining why a piece of posted code is wrong does not make the node any harder to understand than a curt, snide “wrong!” for those readers who already know, but helps those who don’t. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^12: To help not to misguide by phaylon (Curate) on Jan 03, 2006 at 15:48 UTC
I'm not a native speaker and really have to think what and how I write. And I find a 'XY is wrong.' much easier to understand than a substitution that's intended to not hurt somebody's feelings. 'You are wrong' is a simple and clear expression, that of course should be followed by an explanation of What and Why. If a questioner has problems with being told that (s)he is wrong, I don't see that as a problem of the answerer. Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley	[reply]
Re^13: To help not to misguide by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jan 03, 2006 at 15:55 UTC
So do you find my correction on Re: Regular Expression tricky newline problem hard to understand? Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^14: To help not to misguide by phaylon (Curate) on Jan 03, 2006 at 15:58 UTC
Re^11: To help not to misguide by Anonymous Monk on Jan 03, 2006 at 23:04 UTC
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy. Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)	[reply]