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I don't know about that. Precision is something desirable in science and engineering. My experience is quite the opposite anyways, I often felt, English senten
by adminu 6y ago
I don't know about that. Precision is something desirable in science and engineering.
My experience is quite the opposite anyways, I often felt, English sentences lacked clarity that you could have in a German sentence
- wadkar 6y agoIronically, I concur :-)
- estaseuropano 6y agoThat's why English works well for professional discussions: the ambiguity is a tool. The obvious case being 'you' and the implied level of formality, but also plenty other words/phrases have a similar effect.
- looping__lui 6y agoIn science or engineering? Like how? I mean, like I said for contractual arrangements etc. German is more precise. But I never found that the “English language was not precise enough” to convey something - unless it was a choice by the author.