RE: Simply

Subject: RE: Simply
From: "Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:08:17 -0400

I always cut "simply" and "just" in similar contexts. They add nothing.
"Just" is often a marker for "this is easy to say but time-consuming to
do" and for that reason alone is best left out.

Whenever someone starts a request with "Can't you just ...." I know I'm
in for a lot of effort.

- Jessica
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