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|I can't stand people who care about this stuff. The purpose of language is communication. Your response makes me think of Kevin from the office... “Why waste
by Bobo-hilife 2y ago
|I can't stand people who care about this stuff. The purpose of language is communication.
Your response makes me think of Kevin from the office... “Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick"
Yes, the point of language is communication, but why limit yourself? Elevate your vocabulary! Eloquence is enjoyable. Increased nuance adds depth to expression. Instead of relying on vanilla words like "very," embrace the richness of language.
- _8j50 2y ago"Few word" is quantity, this is a quality question. If you are writing to sound eloquent and for the joy of writing then you are not who I am talking about. For most people, especially in a work setting, communication is the goal, to make sure you are understood well. There is a famous story of a british platoon in ww2 I think calling for US navy support and saying something like "we are in a bit of trouble" or something like that, the US navy commander thought that meant they need help but not urgently so they were deprioritized and died. If both sides used simple and well understood language it would have been avoided. Your eloquence or someone else's use of jargon, jive, localized english,etc... is a miscommunication liability.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoTo be honest this is one of the more genius things Kevin has said. I respected him for it. To me complaining about very is some sort of cringey pseudointelligent competition. In many cases trying to use something else instead of very will add some weird implication or undertone that makes the meaning seem unnecessarily different. Don't make language more complicated than it needs to be.