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In that case then "earliest known" is the only thing that should ever be said and there is no justification for claiming "first".
by willis936 3y ago
In that case then "earliest known" is the only thing that should ever be said and there is no justification for claiming "first".
- crazygringo 3y agoLogically, sure. Practically, we've collectively decided to skip words that are redundant in context. Kind of the same way you don't usually include the country code of your phone number when someone asks for your number (unless you're in an international context). In all areas of life, we give technically incomplete information, but reasonably expect people to know what we mean. Because we're humans, not computers. And we do it all day long, every day.