Arthur wrote: | > The author communicates respect for his audience. He says things once. | > Even hard things....<cut>...Him repeating himself is not going to help | > because he has already said it the best way he could | > find to say it. Saying it a second time, he could only be saying it a | > second best way.
I see your point, and I beg to differ. In terms of human communication, there is hardly one best way to convey any message. Therefore, 'the second best way' might be a matter of reader perspective (not writer). The argument """there is nothing stopping me from reading it five or six times if I need to""" can be counter-argumented by '''I can skip text as much I'm confident'''. Moreover, there is no learning without some degree of repetion. Therefore, 'say things once' might turn from 'good-there-is-no-repetion' into 'blast-I-have-to-read-it-back-again'. Communicating well: clearly, enjoyably, effectively takes time, hard struggles for balance, and tough decisions. "Avoiding repetition == respect" is an oversimplification to me. best regards, Senra -- ,_ | ) Rodrigo Senra <rsenra |at| acm.org> |(______ ----------------------------------------------- _( (|__|] GPr Sistemas http://www.gpr.com.br _ | (|___|] Blog http://rodsenra.blogspot.com ___ (|__|] IC - Unicamp http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~921234 L___(|_|] ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
