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Guys, I didn't mean to start such a discussion over the wording. I said it was misleading, not "cannot be interpreted correctly." In particular, by saying that
by orijing 15y ago
Guys, I didn't mean to start such a discussion over the wording. I said it was misleading, not "cannot be interpreted correctly."
In particular, by saying that X's profit dropped below Y's for the first time (without context of X and Y) suggests TO ME that X's profit dropped when that was not the case.
By "misleading," I meant that had I not known profit figures already, I would have assumed the title meant that Microsoft's profit had fallen. It means that the understanding it leads you to believe initially is incorrect, hence misleading.
- glhaynes 15y agoI downvoted your original post because I read "misleading" as implying that it was intentionally, wilfully misleading - i.e. lying. But you're correct: the wording misled you (and understandably so) to an incorrect conclusion. Apologies.
- orijing 15y agoNo worries. Perhaps my use of "misleading" was itself misleading!