On 30 Mar 2016, at 9:46, Adam Roach wrote:
On 3/30/16 09:34, Dave Crocker wrote:
It's worth distinguishing between rules that make the writers more
comfortable, from rules that aid the reading efficacy in practical
terms.
Forcing implementors to read through the linguistic contortions
authors make to avoid using perfectly good English words doesn't do
them any favors. This odd game of charades -- "one syllable... sounds
like... desk? wood?" -- does not aid clarity. Much the opposite.
+1. Especially having grown up in the border between the US south and
southwest, where "ought" was a considerably more loaded term than
"should" (and was primarily used by grandparents to lecture children).