Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Interesting concept chapter 15

One concept I found interesting is a qualifier, it is the not using of the words like probably, likely, often and usually. The book used an example of the likeliness of outsourcing plane maintenance causes more plane accidents. By using the word likely it makes the fact sound less likely to be true. After I read the paragraph, I recalled a moment in my second speech where I used the word often. I was saying how all fruits have fiber and a bit of vitamin C in it. Instead of saying what I intended, I added “often most fruits have fiber and vitamin C.”

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