I think it’s important and valuable to separate out “what was in fact intended” (and I straightforwardly believe Vanessa’s restatement as a truer explanation of her actual position) from “what was originally said, and how would 70+ out of 100 readers tend to interpret it.”
I think we’ve cleared up what was meant. I still think it was bad that [the perfectly reasonable thing that was meant] was said in a [predictably misleading fashion].
But I think we’ve said all that needs to be said about that, too.
This is a tangent (so maybe you prefer to direct this discussion elsewhere), but: what’s with the brackets? I see you using them regularly; what do they signify?
I use them where I’m trying to convey a single noun that’s made up of many words, and I’m scared that people will lose track of the overall sentence while in the middle of the chunk. It’s an attempt to keep the overall sentence understandable. I’ve tried hyphenating such phrases and people find that more annoying.
I think it’s important and valuable to separate out “what was in fact intended” (and I straightforwardly believe Vanessa’s restatement as a truer explanation of her actual position) from “what was originally said, and how would 70+ out of 100 readers tend to interpret it.”
I think we’ve cleared up what was meant. I still think it was bad that [the perfectly reasonable thing that was meant] was said in a [predictably misleading fashion].
But I think we’ve said all that needs to be said about that, too.
This is a tangent (so maybe you prefer to direct this discussion elsewhere), but: what’s with the brackets? I see you using them regularly; what do they signify?
I use them where I’m trying to convey a single noun that’s made up of many words, and I’m scared that people will lose track of the overall sentence while in the middle of the chunk. It’s an attempt to keep the overall sentence understandable. I’ve tried hyphenating such phrases and people find that more annoying.
Hmm, I see, thanks.