That’s almost, but not quite true. Or, perhaps, true but too vague. There is a certain amount of inference built into fluent language usage. And the statement,

That’s almost, but not quite true. Or, perhaps, true but too vague. There is a certain amount of inference built into fluent language usage. And the statement, as well as where it, itself goes, contextualizes where it goes next. Those two taken together enable it to do a surprising amount of simple yet powerful inference.