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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

BrendaBrick

(1,296 posts) Wed Feb 1, 2012, 08:38 PM Feb 2012

My cross-post from Help & Meta-discussion here about Christians:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/124039205

For what its worth ~ Though really...is it SO HARD to simply include the word "some" when referencing Christians (or really, anyone else -beliefs or non-beliefs for that matter?)

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My cross-post from Help & Meta-discussion here about Christians: (Original Post) BrendaBrick Feb 2012 OP

I think people generally say what they mean Union Scribe Feb 2012 #1

Union Scribe

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1. I think people generally say what they mean

Reply to BrendaBrick (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 12:28 AM

Feb 2012

When they include some they mean some, and when they leave it out it's on purpose. I saw some people claiming that such unqualified statements should be read with an assumed "some" but that is grossly illogical. If I say "cars are blue" it doesn't make any sense without "some." But if I want to say "cars are awful" a reader is given no reason to think I only mean some cars.

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