Be Consistent in Word Order for Similar Things [VO3]

Be Consistent in Word Order for Similar Things [VO3]

Tip VO3

Being consistent in how you choose to order words for similar things can help eliminate ambiguity. Even if meanings are unambiguous, inconsistent word ordering can become mentally taxing.

If you have total counts for things, employee_total_count and computer_total_count help communicate meanings of similar concepts, while employee_total_count and computer_count_total introduces an arbitrary difference that muddies the meanings.

The following show how inconsistent word ordering can be mentally taxing:

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