Re:Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
by nickff on Thursday February 04, 2021 @04:58PM
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Which word in their statement indicates causation? I generally look for the word 'because'.
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Re:Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
by harperlee on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:47AM
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Natural language tends to assume the receiver of the message shares sufficient context with the emmiter as to be able to infer their communicative intention even if it lacks some key word, or logical stepping stone.
Re:Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
by Person5478 on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:01PM
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seriously, this is a common problem online for some reason.
Why do so many people try to act as if implication isn't a thing in online interactions?