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That still wouldn't account for a 50% shortfall though?
by Nextgrid 1y ago
That still wouldn't account for a 50% shortfall though?
- barrkel 1y agoThe article talks about 50% extra, not a shortfall.
- Brian_K_White 1y agoThen another way to say that is that the claim is short.
- jjk166 1y agoNot in english it isn't.
- Brian_K_White 1y agoDon't be absurd. The amount written on the plaque is short by .5m The comment we're all arguing about only says "50% shortfall" and does not say which side of the equation is short. So the word in that context merely means discrepency. Maybe they did actually have the wrong idea about the story, but what they wrote does not say one way or the other, so there is nothing to correct and everyone is just picking a meaning and acting like they actually said more than they said. English can't fabricate a missing identifier any more than any other language. There are no context rules that apply in this case to derive it indirectly, such as figuring out that "it" refers to something that was previously explicitly identified for instance, or anything like that.
- jjk166 1y agoShortfall means less than the expected amount. If the plaque says 1 million, you expect 1 million. If the box contains less than 1 million, that's a shortfall. However no one expects the plaque to say 1.55 Million even if that's what's actually in the box. A shortfall claim is an oxymoron - the claim is by definition the expected value, how can it ever be less than expected? In English we may say the claim was under, or low, but not short. There are most certainly context rules that apply in this case which clearly indicate 50% shortfall to be referring to the money. In english, a short claim is equivalent to a small claim.
- delgaudm 1y agoIs over by $500k, not short.
- suspended_state 1y agoDoesn't this depend on the point of view?
- boston_clone 1y agoWell, sure, things probably look different when you’re standing on your head.
- Brian_K_White 1y agoListen, if the money is greater than the claim, another way to say the exact same thing, without even standing on your head, is that the the claim is less than the money!
- suspended_state 1y agoYes, but is it as efficient?
- alberth 1y agoIt's not a shortfall. The OP says it totals $1.5M ... and extra $0.5M
- Modified3019 1y agoI wonder how many read the title, and assume it’s about being short. I certainly did.
- pcthrowaway 1y agoI had the feeling it would be a shortfall but had enough doubt to read the article.