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I was replying to a comment on the headline being useless. It's normal in English not to repeat something in a reply. To spell it out. It's completely useless
by carlmr 7y ago
I was replying to a comment on the headline being useless. It's normal in English not to repeat something in a reply.
To spell it out. It's completely useless to mention $9k in the headline if you don't mention per how many units of energy.
Your suggested titles are IMHO better since they use qualitative language instead of a quantity with no reference point.
- Dylan16807 7y agoIf you want to say the number inside the headline is useless, I won't argue. But you were agreeing with a claim that the headline itself was useless. That's not the same thing. If the headline was useful without the number, which you seem to agree with[1], then the headline is still useful with the number. It's like adding an extra filler word to a sentence. The word is useless, but it doesn't ruin the sentence it's inside of. [1] Note that the original headline already had qualitative information, and made it clear that this number was unusually high. It's not qualitative vs. quantitative, it's qualitative vs. both.