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A notable example of how omitting a word from a headline introduces ambiguity. One-third had expected to miss, but managed to scrape together the payment? Or
by dingaling 6y ago
A notable example of how omitting a word from a headline introduces ambiguity.
One-third had expected to miss, but managed to scrape together the payment?
Or
One-third are expected to miss?
Brevity is valuable but not at the cost of clarity.
- hammock 6y agoIs your confusion around the verb tense in the headline? I.e. "renters did expect to miss" (past) vs. "renters are expected to miss" (present)? In either case it doesn't make much difference. It was a survey done in July for August rent. One-third of renters DID EXPECT to miss August rent; and now, August rent being past due, we EXPECT that one-third of August rent was missed (lacking actual data around August rent payments made). You tried to add in a bit of non sequitur / additional unsubstantiated info in your interpretation which was about the "scraping together" - there's nothing about that in the data
- nitrogen 6y agoYou tried to add in a bit of non sequitur / additional unsubstantiated info in your interpretation which was about the "scraping together" - there's nothing about that in the data That kind of thing's usually added by people as just a bit of color for storytelling purposes.