Vagueness, Ambiguity And Clarity In Writing: Case Study
Ambiguity and Clarity in Writing Paper
Critical Thinking 205
Vagueness, Ambiguity and Clarity in Writing
Dawsolene M. Burrel
CRT/205
June 30, 2013
Lennette Jones
Vagueness, Ambiguity and Clarity in Writing
Example 1. This particular case study will reflect an organization with a van that has undergoing internal conflict. It will also analyze the reason for the conflict and offer positive resolutions of this conflict. The project must first understand that conflict among the membership, its leaders, group or anyone attached did not just show up one day. Conflict has been in existence for a very long time. The religious leaders have a great responsibility to the congregation (and others who look …show more content…
It is vague on whether the problem has anything to do with the van mentioned in the first line and until the next to the last line we didn’t even know whether the organization was religious or not. We also can’t tell who is in conflict and what they didn’t show up to. It could be more than one thing that is going on because of the way it is worded. It seems like someone is trying to make religious leadership accountable for the people in their congregation as well as others who come to them for guidance. This is a sad excuse for an example of clarity in writing but a very good example for ambiguity. Moore and Parker (2012), state “A word, phrase, or sentence is said to be ambiguous when it has more than one meaning.” (Pg.74) Vagueness and ambiguity can play a major part in the reader understanding the writer’s proper intent. If the writer of this example wanted to encourage others to back their statement then they will have to clarify a few things in order to clear up any misunderstanding the reader may be …show more content…
Is it a donation of material or money? Even the statement “Next Sunday” can be confusing because there are no specifics attached to it. In sentence two we are not sure if they are looking for help making the altar or using the altar. Another problem comes in when we realize right away that one sentence has nothing to do with other and thus putting these two sentences together creates confusion. For instance, Moore and Parker, (2013) states, “As in all cases of ambiguity, it is important to see that the claim is ambiguous rather than to be able to classify the type of ambiguity.” (Pg. 80) Both sentences deal with two different things and there is nothing connecting the two to bring them together. These sentences are ambiguous because while you are reading each example, you there are multiple ways someone might interpret their
Critical Thinking 205
Vagueness, Ambiguity and Clarity in Writing
Dawsolene M. Burrel
CRT/205
June 30, 2013
Lennette Jones
Vagueness, Ambiguity and Clarity in Writing
Example 1. This particular case study will reflect an organization with a van that has undergoing internal conflict. It will also analyze the reason for the conflict and offer positive resolutions of this conflict. The project must first understand that conflict among the membership, its leaders, group or anyone attached did not just show up one day. Conflict has been in existence for a very long time. The religious leaders have a great responsibility to the congregation (and others who look …show more content…
It is vague on whether the problem has anything to do with the van mentioned in the first line and until the next to the last line we didn’t even know whether the organization was religious or not. We also can’t tell who is in conflict and what they didn’t show up to. It could be more than one thing that is going on because of the way it is worded. It seems like someone is trying to make religious leadership accountable for the people in their congregation as well as others who come to them for guidance. This is a sad excuse for an example of clarity in writing but a very good example for ambiguity. Moore and Parker (2012), state “A word, phrase, or sentence is said to be ambiguous when it has more than one meaning.” (Pg.74) Vagueness and ambiguity can play a major part in the reader understanding the writer’s proper intent. If the writer of this example wanted to encourage others to back their statement then they will have to clarify a few things in order to clear up any misunderstanding the reader may be …show more content…
Is it a donation of material or money? Even the statement “Next Sunday” can be confusing because there are no specifics attached to it. In sentence two we are not sure if they are looking for help making the altar or using the altar. Another problem comes in when we realize right away that one sentence has nothing to do with other and thus putting these two sentences together creates confusion. For instance, Moore and Parker, (2013) states, “As in all cases of ambiguity, it is important to see that the claim is ambiguous rather than to be able to classify the type of ambiguity.” (Pg. 80) Both sentences deal with two different things and there is nothing connecting the two to bring them together. These sentences are ambiguous because while you are reading each example, you there are multiple ways someone might interpret their