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Should we start another thread? Good thing we are not writing laws, which require unambiguous language.
I don't think I've ever done a poll here, but if I decide to, I plan on starting a thread first to wring out the selections, and
then construct the poll, using that feedback. It's pretty rare to find a poll that doesn't end up with a lot of questions about what was meant, this doesn't fit that, etc.
I do not have NW-Bound's superior memory, but I think it was Midpack who got frustrated with all the critiques of a poll he put up, and attempted to make a simple one that said only "Did you answer this poll? __Yes __No".
I don't think he was amused when I answered "No", he expected the only valid answer to be "Yes". But I explained, at the time I was making the entry, I had not answered it yet, as to answer you need to hit the SUBMIT button. And once I did that, I was locked out of answering twice, so I could not go back honestly answer saying that I
had answered the poll ("Did you" is past tense).
It's not easy.
edit/add: I think you mean laws
should use unambiguous language. They often don't.
-ERD50