Beware Multiple Meanings!

rogersgeorge on January 26th, 2020

No doubt you know that words can have more than one meaning. You might not have considered that context is the key for deciding which meaning is appropriate.

Here we have five meanings of “two” in an ambiguous context. Try not to do this in your writing.

The Argyle Sweater Comic Strip for December 08, 2019 — https://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater/2019/12/08

So: Consider your context!

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