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If someone MEANS TO WRITE that "the car is red" but
Posted on: June 30, 2022 at 11:30:40 CT
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instead writes, "the car isn't blue", should we interpret his writing to mean that the car is red?
Or can it be suggested that the car is white or green or black?
What if three years after his initial writing he clarified his statement to say that he REALLY really meant to say that the car is red?
THEN can we act on the red car interpretation?
But what if his writings were signed by three dozen compatriots? What if some of them wanted the writing to only say that the car was definitely NOT BLUE and wanted to allow for the fact that it may have been white or green or yellow?
Why not hold people to a straight interpretation of what they wrote instead of what they meant?
If you tell your professor that what you wrote is not what you meant, and you have a note in your diary from three days later explaining that, would you expect the professor to give you credit for what you meant, or what you wrote?
Or can it be suggested that the car is white or green or black?
What if three years after his initial writing he clarified his statement to say that he REALLY really meant to say that the car is red?
THEN can we act on the red car interpretation?
But what if his writings were signed by three dozen compatriots? What if some of them wanted the writing to only say that the car was definitely NOT BLUE and wanted to allow for the fact that it may have been white or green or yellow?
Why not hold people to a straight interpretation of what they wrote instead of what they meant?
If you tell your professor that what you wrote is not what you meant, and you have a note in your diary from three days later explaining that, would you expect the professor to give you credit for what you meant, or what you wrote?
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If someone MEANS TO WRITE that "the car is red" but - hokie VT - 6/30 11:30:40