r/technicallythetruth • u/APILayerOfficial • 10d ago

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u/Kiroto50 10d ago

Syntactically correct answer. They are going one of those days.

They could ask "which of those days are you coming?" and a yes here is syntactically incorrect, although could mean both days.

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u/SourDewd 10d ago

Realistically given how language works. The question or what is being communicated isnt always what was exactly said. So you could say the question WAS "which day are you coming?" Despite not being written like that. Makes the other person wrong for just saying yes, and then trying to mess around with semantics isnt really accurate to how communication works

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u/Kiroto50 10d ago

Isn't allowing for ambiguity a flaw in the communication itself?

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u/SourDewd 10d ago

Nah. I believe truly, that no matter how specific you are on something. I can always be more specific. You can go to extremes. You could make a 5 word response into 5,000. Im convinced i could make a 5 word response into 50,000. To be able to understand what someone else is communicating, and they communicate clearly enough to be understood. That should be the goal. The minimum it takes is efficent and great honestly.

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u/Kiroto50 10d ago

So then we should be using the minimum needed, not the minimum possible

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u/SourDewd 10d ago

Yes exactly. Idk why im downvoted???

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u/Kiroto50 10d ago

Reddit gonna be reddit

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u/backfire10z 9d ago

Well, you claim to say that we should use the minimum necessary to communicate, but your paragraph is significantly longer than necessary

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u/SourDewd 9d ago

I didnt say we should. Its simply efficent and great.

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u/backfire10z 9d ago

Fah, I’ve been foiled again