Vague generalities

Chapter eight has a section called “Vague Generalities” that I found important. The book states a few sentences that use vague words such as almost, many, most, a lot of, some, few, and very few. All of these words provide the reader with only a portion of what the claim is stating if these words are used. We can only assume certain claims if these words are true. To be more accurate there must be words and phrases that are more certain and precise that will leave us no questions on whether the claim is true or false. For example if I said that a lot people will vote in the class, the person hearing this statement might have a different definition of a lot then I do. Making claims and premises we must be careful not to use vague and ambiguous phrases that make the reader uncertain of our ideas.