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[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."