Timeline for Avoiding Adverbs
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| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:51 | comment | added | David M | @Oldcat Redundancy is for the OP to decide. I'm just against the concept of deleting a section of language for the sake of satisfying an arbitrary piece of advice. And, yes I'm copping out of the argument. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:49 | comment | added | Oldcat | If that were true, then the whole sentence could be ommitted as redundant, not just the adverb. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:48 | comment | added | David M | @Oldcat Presumably that would have been part of the lead up. But, I'm speaking of maintaining semantic equality here. I agree about not offering the difficult solution, though. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:47 | comment | added | Oldcat | The virtue of saying that you don't support extending the feature is that it answers a question, even if not precisely correctly. The 'not easily extensible' leaves the reader unsure. How easily? 10 minutes work, or 10 months? If you are trying to be brief and complete, now you have opened up a can of worms that takes more text to explain why you should or should not try extending this feature. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:26 | comment | added | Kristina Lopez | Much better! I reversed my downvote. :-) | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:25 | comment | added | David M | @KristinaLopez I've made my point clearer. Let me know what you think. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:25 | comment | added | Kristina Lopez | I wonder if there is a way to restate that without the adverb or a bunch of additional words? | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:25 | history | edited | David M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:24 | comment | added | David M | @KristinaLopez You're actually correct. I hadn't thought it through. I will edit a bit. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:22 | comment | added | Kristina Lopez | Sorry, but your substitute phrase "This feature is not extensible" is NOT the same as "This feature is not easily extensible". | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 21:03 | history | answered | David M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |