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Because this leaves it unspecified whether the proficiency bonus from a skill can be added or not.
Ok, but everything in this discussion should apply (shouldn't it?) to both ability checks with a related skill proficiency, and to ability checks without a related skill proficiency. So having the discussion in the context of "skill checks" would suggest that it's excluding straight ability checks, whereas calling them "ability checks" suggests both.