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The title "Software engineers should write" could mean either "Software that engineers should write" or "Software engineers should also write". I didn't know wh
by vorg 12y ago
The title "Software engineers should write" could mean either "Software that engineers should write" or "Software engineers should also write". I didn't know which until I clicked through to the article. It's OK to use "Software engineers should write" when speaking because we'd use a different stress pattern to resolve the ambiguity, but when writing, the extra word (whether "that" or "also") is needed, especially in a headline. I guess making writing unambiguous is one of the skills one picks up when one writes a lot.