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Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur. English is a great language for marketing and business, but a terrible language for the exchange of knowledge with a
by airhead969 6y ago
Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
English is a great language for marketing and business, but a terrible language for the exchange of knowledge with accuracy, precision, and unambiguity when there aren't constraints.
Apart from domain-specific jargon, perhaps paper writing needs to be formally-specified using an approved dictionary of simple words and according to strict grammar rules? With language standards, papers become easier to parse by humans and computers.
- sidpatil 6y agoIn fact, what you're suggesting is known as a controlled natural language. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_natural_language https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_natural_language