Thursday
Sep172009
Wrong words part 2
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 5:33PM ambiguous / vague “Ambiguous” means susceptible of two different meanings, but “vague” means abstract and incapable of being pinned down. The two are different. Many lawyers use “ambiguous” when they mean “vague”:
- You cannot define what a reasonable person would do. It’s ambiguous.No, it’s vague.
scan / skim
“Scan” means to take in every part of a document: think about what a scanner does. “Skim” means to go over something quickly, getting just the highlights. So better writers don't write this:
- I was in a hurry, so I only had time to scan the brief.
That should be “skim.”
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