Re:Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs
by GuB-42 on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:25AM
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The thing is, even if the "simple" thing is indeed simple, why write it down? It is most likely a useless word and your writing will be clearer without it. There is a good example in the article.
This is something editors will tell you, be it for fiction or for technical writing: make every word count, remove the fluff.
As for "trivial" in math proofs, knowing how codified math is, I guess there is a precise use case for it. But I don't usually see math proofs telling me that "2+2=4" is trivial, they just write "4", and that's what the article suggests.
This is something editors will tell you, be it for fiction or for technical writing: make every word count, remove the fluff.
As for "trivial" in math proofs, knowing how codified math is, I guess there is a precise use case for it. But I don't usually see math proofs telling me that "2+2=4" is trivial, they just write "4", and that's what the article suggests.