Re:Should error messages apologize?
by unclebucknasty on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @06:30PM
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There's another piece of it which is tone.
If you were standing at a checkout and the cashier wanted you to swipe your own card, he/she might say, "scan your card please".
But, while the words read as an imperative statement or command, you'd probably notice that the intonation is one akin to a question. For instance, the voice would rise at the end, as in inquiry.
If you were standing at a checkout and the cashier wanted you to swipe your own card, he/she might say, "scan your card please".
But, while the words read as an imperative statement or command, you'd probably notice that the intonation is one akin to a question. For instance, the voice would rise at the end, as in inquiry.