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		lone_haxx0r on June 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tips for Writing a Technical Book > Why’d I write the book? Non-native English speaker here. Does this mean why would I write the book or why did I write the book?

jcalabro on June 2, 2019 [–]

I think from the context it means "why did I write the book".

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