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>the fact that we should Can't have a factual should. Shoulds are normative. >What is kind of useless is a word that can mean some thing or its opposite Is t
by mtowle 13y ago
>the fact that we should
Can't have a factual should. Shoulds are normative.
>What is kind of useless is a word that can mean some thing or its opposite
Is the word really useless or indeed useful if no one can provide a 'real' example of actual ambiguity between the two meanings? Furthermore, it's not as if ambiguity between one meaning and an opposite meaning is the greatest ambiguity there is-- if anything, it makes it particularly obvious which meaning the speaker intends.
- Chris2048 13y agoSurely you can if a source of reference is used? i.e "fact we should" = "fact that most of society believes we should"?