“the average person could escape the majority of needless wasteful tension if they were just willing to use words … ”
since I am sure there is some person out there who overuses “average” when they really mean “all”, yes? And yet you didn’t choose to have that word. Why? Was one word so costly to you?
Surely you mean “the average person could escape the majority of needless wasteful tension if they were just willing to use words … ”
No, I’m sure I wasn’t talking about average people, I was talking about people collectively. If I added the word “all” it would be closer to my meaning that if I had added the word “average”.
But I guess I was right in my estimation about the intentionality of the signals you were giving, as you’re now reinforcing them.
Surely you mean
“the average person could escape the majority of needless wasteful tension if they were just willing to use words … ”
since I am sure there is some person out there who overuses “average” when they really mean “all”, yes? And yet you didn’t choose to have that word. Why? Was one word so costly to you?
No, I’m sure I wasn’t talking about average people, I was talking about people collectively. If I added the word “all” it would be closer to my meaning that if I had added the word “average”.
But I guess I was right in my estimation about the intentionality of the signals you were giving, as you’re now reinforcing them.