Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. L. Austin, Fake People, Vague, 0 - J. L. Austin Copy
Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. L. Austin, Language, Ordinary, 0 - J. L. Austin Copy
Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. L. Austin, Function, 0 - J. L. Austin Copy
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In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. - John Kenneth Galbraith Economist · Canada
Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation. - Maria Montessori Educator · Italy
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Christian, beware of thinking lightly of sin. Take heed in case you fall little by little. - Charles Spurgeon Preacher · England
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