On 2017-02-23, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> The text was not incorrect, maybe it depends on what kind of English you are
> used to.
> I find that "compactly" is used much less often than "compact".
It doesn't matter how often either is used--they are not
interchangeable. "Compact" may be used as an adjective, a verb or
a noun. In the sentence in question, the word "compact" was being
used as a modifier of "written", to describe how the loop was
written. A modifier of a verb is an adverb, and the adverbial form
of "compact" is "compactly".
> It does help to add a comma:
>
> The example was given to explain the commands, but would you really want to
> make such a loop, it can be written much more compact:
Because those two parts of that sentence are independent clauses,
a semicolon would be more appropriate than a comma. Since the first
clause is a question, it might be better still to make the clauses
separate sentences.
The example was given to explain the commands, but would you
really want to make such a loop? It can be written much more
compactly:
Regards,
Gary
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