...sometimes it really is pretty obvious that a particular error has been committed...
I favor more detail over less. Obviousness isn’t an intrinsic characteristic of an error—the danger of not spelling something out is a miscommunication due to typical-mind-type hidden assumptions (on the part of either person in the conversation). The key is to keep the level of detail below the “excruciating” threshold.
I favor more detail over less. Obviousness isn’t an intrinsic characteristic of an error—the danger of not spelling something out is a miscommunication due to typical-mind-type hidden assumptions (on the part of either person in the conversation). The key is to keep the level of detail below the “excruciating” threshold.