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Native speaker here. For what it's worth, I understood it perfectly. And so did you. It's not possible for extremophiles to contain caves, so obviously you know
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
Native speaker here. For what it's worth, I understood it perfectly. And so did you. It's not possible for extremophiles to contain caves, so obviously you know what they mean. Much of English is like this in informal conversation, and informal conversation is arguably the best way to write.
- paulddraper 9y agoNative speaker here. Having not previously known what extremophiles are, I had to read it three times to convince myself they couldn't contain caves. Geology has a certain reputation for its vocabulary https://xkcd.com/1829/ https://xkcd.com/1829/
- crush-n-spread 9y agoI disagree that informal conversation is the best way to write. If you're going to write an article, you should convey the ideas in the article as clearly and smoothly as possible. In informal conversation there are tonal and visual cues. In an article all we have is words, so use them correctly.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoNative speaker also. The fact that it's possible to figure out a bit of writing does not mean that it's clear and well-written.
- GrinningFool 9y agoEven in informal conversation, that's not really about ordering that you'll come across. I had to parse it a couple of times , and my first thought was that my contextually acquired definition of extremophiles from the comments and article was wrong in a really weird way. (Because of the word roots ).