One defense holds that a definition need only remove initial uncertainty, not provide exact word counts for every possible context. Ordinary discourse can serve as a recognizable benchmark.
A difficulty remains: ordinary users do not always express the same meaning with the same number of words. What appears ordinary to one audience may be long or short to another. The defense clarifies the purpose of a definition but does not automatically yield universal precision.
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Ījāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāt: Standards of Expression and Their Distinctions
One defense holds that a definition need only remove initial uncertainty, not provide exact word counts for every possible context. Ordinary discourse can serve as a recognizable benchmark.
A difficulty remains: ordinary users do not always express the same meaning with the same number of words. What appears ordinary to one audience may be long or short to another. The defense clarifies the purpose of a definition but does not automatically yield universal precision.