Why knowing English is important for every software developer

Re:Why knowing English is important for every software devel... by volpav on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:06AM (#6313822)

If there's a language rule that says you can't combine these two this way, I'd be more than happy to learn about it. English is not my mother language so I apologize for any grammar/spelling mistakes in advance ;-)

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Re:Why knowing English is important for every software devel... by cynwoody on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:37AM (#6313921)

It's perfectly valid English. "Who're" is a contraction of "who are"†.

However, for some reason, unlike more common contractions, it is much more common in spoken English than in written.

†http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/who're

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Re:Why knowing English is important for every software devel... by mkevac on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:29AM (#6313895)

It's not always about rules. Using "who're" can be grammatically correct, but it is bad english.

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Re:Why knowing English is important for every software devel... by jfarmer on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:53AM (#6313970)

(Native English speaker.)

There's definitely no rule against it. I wouldn't think anything of hearing "who're" everyday conversation. It's rare you see it in writing, though.

What you hear in every day speech is governed more by the mechanics of how your mouth works when you're speaking fluently, honestly. For example, if I were to say, "I would have done it" it most likely would come out sounding like "I'd've done it." Unless your intention was to get the sound across, though, you'd never, ever write that.

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Re:Why knowing English is important for every software devel... by eriksank on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:18AM (#6313860)

ha :-) It is really a grammatically-correct gotcha ;-) The language construct "who're" looks too much like "whore" and too little like "who are" ;-)

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