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Brevity Burns

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Brevity Burns
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#11
RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 8:37 pm
OK, I have the OP on ignore due to inanity, having witnessed his inanity on another site, but some of the burns on him here are comedy gold. I guess I should visit the inane threads more?
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 9:29 pm
(August 22, 2023 at 1:20 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Brevity has it's place, so does meticulous instruction. Sweeping generalizations, even brief ones and prolix ones, are of limited use and can easily confuse.

But I've said enough.

It's not about verbosity or brevity. It's about efficiency.

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RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 2:33 pm
(August 22, 2023 at 8:37 pm)Fireball Wrote: OK, I have the OP on ignore due to inanity, having witnessed his inanity on another site, but some of the burns on him here are comedy gold. I guess I should visit the inane threads more?

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RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 3:43 pm
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 7:32 pm
(August 22, 2023 at 9:29 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(August 22, 2023 at 1:20 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Brevity has it's place, so does meticulous instruction. Sweeping generalizations, even brief ones and prolix ones, are of limited use and can easily confuse.

But I've said enough.

It's not about verbosity or brevity. It's about efficiency.

And clarity.
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 7:36 pm
(August 23, 2023 at 7:32 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(August 22, 2023 at 9:29 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It's not about verbosity or brevity. It's about efficiency.

And clarity.

Efficiency takes that into account, unless you consider muddled communication "efficient".

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#17
RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 7:56 pm
They are different concepts. Eficiency focuses on achieving results quickly and with minimal resources, while clarity emphasizes ensuring that the message is easily understood by its recipients.
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 8:00 pm
(August 22, 2023 at 8:28 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:
(August 22, 2023 at 12:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, you object to people who give vent to their loquacity via extraneous bombastic circumlocution?

Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.

Never use a diminutive word when a thousand pretentiously big ones will do.
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#19
RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 8:01 pm
(August 23, 2023 at 2:33 pm)MarcusA Wrote:
(August 22, 2023 at 8:37 pm)Fireball Wrote: OK, I have the OP on ignore due to inanity, having witnessed his inanity on another site, but some of the burns on him here are comedy gold. I guess I should visit the inane threads more?

Bad English is poor. Learn to write properly.

I bet quality of English doesn’t correlate to wealth.
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 23, 2023 at 8:03 pm
(August 23, 2023 at 7:56 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: They are different concepts. Eficiency focuses on achieving results quickly and with minimal resources, while clarity emphasizes ensuring that the message is easily understood by its recipients.

Is the desired result other than to ensure the message is easily understood by its recipients?
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