Unless I'm crazy, "specific" means "not ambiguous"
Gas means gasoline AND several other things. That is not specific.
I'm not choosing anything, I'm reading what you wrote.
Got it?
Unless I'm crazy, "specific" means "not ambiguous"
Gas means gasoline AND several other things. That is not specific.
I'm not choosing anything, I'm reading what you wrote.
Got it?
Either accept you were wrong when you said that gas is more specific or leave it alone becase we are not seeing eye to eye here
Either accept you were wrong when you said that gas is more specific or leave it alone becase we are not seeing eye to eye here
"[...] and use the word gas for actual gas"
Gas can be short for gasoline, yes; but it's less specific than saying "gasoline" when the word "gas" also means something else.
Your 2nd point is the definition of grasping at straws.
"[...] and use the word gas for actual gas"
Gas can be short for gasoline, yes; but it's less specific than saying "gasoline" when the word "gas" also means something else.
Your 2nd point is the definition of grasping at straws.