When I read that line for the first time, I understood it. Between our two cases, the writing was the same, but the reader was different. Thus, the writing cannot be the sole cause of our different outcomes.
Well, if a substantial fraction of readers read something differently or can’t parse it, it does potentially reflect a problem with the writing even if some of the readers, or even most readers, do read it correctly.
Absolutely. I intended to convey that if you don’t understand something, that the writing is misleading and inept is not the only possible reason. srdiamond is speaking with such confidence that I felt safe tabling further subtleties for now.
When I read that line for the first time, I understood it. Between our two cases, the writing was the same, but the reader was different. Thus, the writing cannot be the sole cause of our different outcomes.
Well, if a substantial fraction of readers read something differently or can’t parse it, it does potentially reflect a problem with the writing even if some of the readers, or even most readers, do read it correctly.
Absolutely. I intended to convey that if you don’t understand something, that the writing is misleading and inept is not the only possible reason. srdiamond is speaking with such confidence that I felt safe tabling further subtleties for now.