I much prefer some style and effective use of words to dry condensed writing that is a more abbreviated style. I am not impressed with the utility approach to everything. Somethings benefit from the utility approach and some things suffer from it. It is good t be able to discern when the utility approach is useful and when it is boring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xiaofan Chen" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Writing styles > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Oli Glaser > wrote: > >> To take the original example: >> "You need to learn to read datasheets" >> becomes >> "I think it would be a good idea to read a few datasheets, here are a few >> links" >> >> With this example, is not necessary to use complicated words, just extra >> ones. > > This is perfectly okay. > >> I admit that language barriers are a problem though, and we need to make >> an >> effort here :-) >> > > It is not language barrier in the case of Russell. It is his writing > style. > It is perfectly okay for him to do that. But for public mailing list, > I just feel that > I need not waste my time to read his GRE Reading Comprehension > Test Style post. ;-) > > > > -- > Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist