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The original title is "How Coronavirus Infected My Brain", and Hackernews stripped "how" (apparently [0] it does it automatically). I think with "How" it defini
by karlicoss 7y ago
The original title is "How Coronavirus Infected My Brain", and Hackernews stripped "how" (apparently [0] it does it automatically).
I think with "How" it definitely feels like a metaphor, not like a claim about some symptom (I'm not a native speaker though!)
In hindsight, I guess, I should have edited it straightaway, but thought it wasn't a big deal at the time of posting.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19054830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19054830
- DoreenMichele 7y agoThe "how" doesn't make as much difference as you imagine. That still sounds like "The exact medical pathway by which I acquired an honest to God brain infection." It really doesn't clear it up. (I'm only replying because you say you aren't a native speaker. The word doesn't really add clarity in this case.)
- mercer 7y agoI'd say it makes a very slight difference to me, but you're probably right.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago"Slight difference" isn't very different from "it doesn't make as much difference as you imagine." I'm not claiming it makes absolutely no difference to anyone ever. I've been caught by the fact that HN strips out "how" at the start of a title, stopped and thought about it and, in most cases, concluded it didn't really add anything of value to the title.