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> If my sentence is so predictable that a machine can finish it, I'm not writing something that's going to be informative to its recipient Wouldn't a common ph
by SquareWheel 8y ago
> If my sentence is so predictable that a machine can finish it, I'm not writing something that's going to be informative to its recipient
Wouldn't a common phrase or expression be easier to understand for the recipient?
- sevensor 8y agoTrue, but the suggestions are so conservative that anytime they pop up, it's a sign that I'm being too wordy. A familiar five word phrase might be easier for the reader than an unfamiliar phrase of equal length, but no words at all is even easier. I've consistently found that, when a suggestion pops up, I can safely drop most of the sentence without denting clarity. It's like spell-checking for semantics.