Thursday, August 26, 2010

Vague in statement

Sharing is caring? Think again!

Yesterday, I went to the Ramadan bazaar with my husband to buy some food for breaking fast. We still went to the bazaar even thought it was raining. My husband already chooses what to buy for himself yet I am still thinking and have not decided what to buy yet. There are so many foods to choose and they all look delicious to me. I cannot buy them all because it can lead to a waste of food. Then I decided to share with my husband the food that he just bought. When we reached home, my husband caught a minor flu and we thought it will relieve afterwards. During breaking fast time, I share the food with my husband and without noticing I also started to get flu all of sudden. Because of that I started to feel dizzy and starting to have a fever. Now, we are lying on the bed together and thought that ‘sharing is not caring’ instead ‘sharing spread germs!’Then we laugh...

i. The statement causes to be vague because of the uncertainty about what standards are being uses; it means that the object does not show its specified definitions.
‘Sharing is caring’

• What kind of things that we can share?
Or
• Caring in what way?

ii. Confusion over the context: this statement does not show on what perspective
Sharing is caring. Ex: is it ethical? Showing love? Or just want to save money?

iii. Imprecise choice of words: sharing is caring is a vague statement because there are different types of share in things and also different types of care; is it care during sick or watch over nephew or niece at home?

The end

Hafidzahtol Fatimah Subari

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