I tried to respond to a
thread dealing with the implementation of an equation (
https://coderanch.com/t/624366/java/java/Writing-formula-Java ) and quoting some Pawel Pawlowicz 's earlier response but kept getting -
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We're sorry, but your post appears to contain abbreviations that we don't like people to use at the Ranch. Because JavaRanch is an international forum, many of our members are not native English speakers. For that reason, it's important that we all try to write clear, standard English, and avoid abbreviations and SMS shortcuts. See here for more of an explanation. Thanks for understanding.
If the abbreviation occurs within code, you can use code tags to post it successfully.
The specific error message is: "r" is a silly English abbreviation; use "are" instead.
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The offending 'r' was part of the quoted post and not an abbreviation but part of an equation! Surely this is a bit silly !