Monday, February 8, 2010

The presence of absolute qualifiers, such as always or never, generally indicates a false statement. T or F?

The presence of absolute qualifiers, such as always or never, generally indicates a false statement. True or False? Why?The presence of absolute qualifiers, such as always or never, generally indicates a false statement. T or F?
Absolutes are generally false? No. They are sometimes false, sometimes true, but cannot be generalized because in any issue there may be more true absolutes used than in some other issue. Or one person may properly use them while his opponent falsely uses them.





It is generally not a good thing to label things ';generally'; one way or another without speaking to specifics. ';The presence of absolute qualifiers'; is too general to address, since we don't which qualifiers in which situations.





The word ';is'; is an absolute when we say ';The cat is a feline.'; So based on the number of times we use ';is'; in our language, would you conclude qualifiers are generally true?





All things are contextual. You offer no context.The presence of absolute qualifiers, such as always or never, generally indicates a false statement. T or F?
That is true. There are usually too many exceptions to most rules.

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