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Originally Posted by scoe911
But ambiguity is all about perception...its not ambiguous to me.
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"Ambiguity is a term used in writing and math, and under conditions where information can be understood or interpreted in more than one way and is distinct from vagueness, which is a statement about the lack of precision contained or available in the information. Context may play a role in resolving ambiguity. For example the same piece of information may be ambiguous in one context and unambiguous in another."
What you say is true, and the definition of ambiguity does not require it to be ambiguous to everyone. It may be still ambiguous, but for some it may be very clear.
I find it less interesting than you as an insightful personality case study. To me, this is more interesting as a communications study. When I am trying to communicate a maths expression, and it counts, it is no different to add the additional brackets as it is to say Alpha, Bravo, Charlie instead of A, B ,C. Both expressions communicate, but one does so with less chance of communication breakdown.
And if Bill used better grammar, he may have "communicated" his thoughts clearer in his responses. Just a thought.