Comment by summarity
4 days ago
Gotta love how the very first example in Issue 9 of the standard is already self-defeating:
> "Test" is an approved noun, but not an approved verb.
> STE: Test B is an alternative to test A.
So much for clear - unless you know the STE specific rule, the sentence is unambiguously ambiguous.
Direct access btw since the official site gates downloads with a Google form: https://www.asd-ste100.org/assets/files/ASD-STE100_ISSUE9.pd...
How is that ambiguous? The best interpretation I can find where "test" is a verb is an elision: Test [that] B is an alternative to test A. That is an unlikely reading: "test" is a verb in the first instance and a noun in the second, breaking parallelism. And it's just a very unlikely thing to direct someone to do.
"Test B is an alternative to test A."
could mean there's a Test B and a Test A, and they're interchangeable.
Or:
You can run Test B to confirm A works, that is "to test A".
Again the stated goal to clear documentation for non-native or limited-exposure speakers. This doesn't pass that test.
Ah, I see, taking "to test A" as an infinitive. But it would be strange to say test B is an alternative without saying what it's an alternative to. The other reading still seems quite unlikely.
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