"The primary application of 'vague' is to sentences, not to words. But thevaguenessof a sentence does not imply that vagueness of every constituent word. One vague word is enough. It may be essentially doubtful
In geospatial information systems we often come across concepts expressing imprecision, incompleteness, uncertainty or vagueness, just like in everyday life. The degree of uncertainty or vagueness can be expressed through fuzzy set theory by membership functions. The fuzzy sets are more suitable for ...
Generally, when we refer to something, we want to refer to it in a way that our language ensures we areexclusivelyspeaking of thatone thing. But when we use reference like “that we talked about yesterday”, the listener is forced to reflect on all of the conversations they had with the...
The underlying idea is that the drafting or introducing party is intentionally using ambiguity to create or provide results that favor their own interests. Intentional vagueness or ambiguity is an act that the contra proferentem rule seeks to mitigate and, when enforced, rules in favor of the inno...
excessive use of paradoxes can make writing murky and confusing. Author ofThe ProphetKahlil Gibran employed so many thinly-veiled paradoxes in his book that his work was called vague by writer forThe New YorkerJoan Acocella. "At times [inThe Prophetby Khalil Gibran], Almustafa’s vagueness is ...
Tip: Avoid business jargon in proposals. Write so the reader can easily understand what you're saying. Business jargon adds vagueness to your message. 5. Marketing writing + social media The last type of business English writing we’ll review is communication geared towards marketing and social...
The vagueness of the termmedia literacyalso characterizes the movement associated with it, as different media educators base their work on different theoretical perspectives. However, virtually all media literacy schools ofthoughtagree that media is a prominent force in people’s everyday lives, which...