Further into the chapter something that interested me was Vague Generalitites. Vague Generalties are the different kinds of ways we can talk about a segment or group without giving a specific number for the listener to take into account. Just as we talked about “all” and “some” these are extra indetifiers that still do not specify exactly what amount of whatever quantity someone is talking about.
For example, “Many people showed up to the concert,” or “Very few of us remember to do these discussions in the beginning of the week and end up stressing themselves out during the weekend.” Taken from the last example, why it is considered a Vague Generality is because although you know it is a reltiviley low amount of people, you do not know exactly what number and you couldn’t be able to base much conclusion from the statement. However, we can base our judgement from these Vague Generalitites. Although we don’t have exact information, our brain allows us to make our own judgements anyway. It’s pretty cool stuff, I know.
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