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[Adam]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Ok, so your intentions were good. That doesn't change that it's an accusation. Why not just answer his question? Or at least answer his question and ask if he's boning up for a test?

You're going to have to explain to me how I choose to accuse the OP of posting test questions rather than answering the question.

No, you were making an accusation against me. That's what you accused me of doing in a generic sense.

I asked him if they were test questions. That accuses him of what exactly?

I didn't need to answer his question, it had already been answered by JR.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No, you were making an accusation against me. That's what you accused me of doing in a generic sense.

I asked him if they were test questions. That accuses him of what exactly?

I didn't need to answer his question, it had already been answered by JR.

Of posting test questions. I'm not sure why that's hard to see.

Let me ask this: what benefit to the discussion is it to know whether it's a test question or just a point he's unclear on? Does it change your answer?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Of posting test questions. I'm not sure why that's hard to see.

No, I asked him if they were test questions. I didn't accusing him of jack. If I wanted to accuse him, I'd have worded it differently; perhaps "hey, that sure looks like a test question." Saying I'm accusing him of something implies that I think there's something wrong with it. Yet I've never said that, not in this or any other thread.

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Let me ask this: what benefit to the discussion is it to know whether it's a test question or just a point he's unclear on? Does it change your answer?

It could change how I word the answer. More likely, it would change what information I add to the answer.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No, I asked him if they were test questions. I didn't accusing him of jack. If I wanted to accuse him, I'd have worded it differently; perhaps "hey, that sure looks like a test question." Saying I'm accusing him of something implies that I think there's something wrong with it. Yet I've never said that, not in this or any other thread.

It could change how I word the answer. More likely, it would change what information I add to the answer.

You're making a distinction without a difference. You may not have meant to imply a negative, but it was inferred by me. Chalk it up to the difficulties of text only communication. You can't ask if something is a test question without the people hearing the question thinking he thinks that looks like a test question.

I still don't see what difference it makes if you don't think there's something wrong with it.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

You're making a distinction without a difference. You may not have meant to imply a negative, but it was inferred by me. Chalk it up to the difficulties of text only communication. You can't ask if something is a test question without the people hearing the question thinking he thinks that looks like a test question.

I still don't see what difference it makes if you don't think there's something wrong with it.

The fact that you inferred something I neither said nor implied is not my fault.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The fact that you inferred something I neither said nor implied is not my fault.

I guess that depends on whether you want to communicate or not.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The fact that you inferred something I neither said nor implied is not my fault.

Originally Posted by Eastshire

I guess that depends on whether you want to communicate or not.

The receiver bares a responsibility to properly listen/read and interpret....at least if you want effective 2-way commuication.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

I guess that depends on whether you want to communicate or not.

And if there were a significant number of people who completely misconstrued what I wrote, I'd accept that the problem may well be on my end. If I say "eagles" and you hear "rabbits," it's not my problem unless I really need you to know that I said "eagles."