The Mission Critical website was very helpful because it is a review of the past semester’s work. The website serves as a tool that goes over most of the topics that we have discussed in the book with additional topics. Vagueness and ambiguity was the concept that was brought up that I had to clear up. Vagueness and ambiguity can be difficult to understand, but I was able to figure out the differences between these concepts. It is difficult to understand because vagueness and ambiguity seem to have similar definitions. Something that is vague is defined as something that is general, and unclear. Something that is ambiguous has the ability to have a variety of different meanings.
An example of vagueness is shown in this sentence:
That is a hot spot to hang around.
This is an example of vagueness because it is unclear that the location is actually hot in temperature, but in terms of slang it means that the place is a popular place to be.
An example of ambiguity is shown in this sentence:
The grass is always greener on the other side.
This is an example of ambiguity because this can be interpreted in different ways. One, that the grass is a different shade of green on the other side. Two, there is always something better for you. It depends on how you perceive this sentence.
hi missvaness! I totally agree with your post! the website is a very useful tool that would be great to elaborate on some information. It also has some great examples and i see that you included some in your post as well! I definitely wish i knew about this website sooner. It might have helped me with understanding some material in the book that i had trouble understanding. ANother took that i think is great are the posts that we all blog on. THe website is just super organized and very user friendly. Good job and i totally agree.
ReplyDeleteThe mission critical website that I also read was very much a reflection on the semester's work. As stated in your post, it is a tool and we must utilize this tool to our full potential and appreciate the value the website has given to us. It has helped me with learning past material like what you had trouble with vagueness and ambiguity that was given to us by the professor blog in our readings. But to my particular it was the fallacies that I had trouble comprehending and aligning in my head so the website was an understanding website.
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