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YP0534 · 08-22-2008, 04:22 AM

It does seem to me that someone who writes using unfamiliar terms or terms used in unfamiliar ways has an obligation to define those terms for the sake of their readers who otherwise may generally be put off by the unintelligible writing that results.

Sometimes, in a book, an author will even include something like a glossary to help with those terms which are intended by the author to have a meaning different from the ordinary definition.

At least, I think I may have seen that done somewhere.

Thanks for your helpful comments, SC.

08-22-2008, 04:22 AM	#417
YP0534 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 688	Definitions It does seem to me that someone who writes using unfamiliar terms or terms used in unfamiliar ways has an obligation to define those terms for the sake of their readers who otherwise may generally be put off by the unintelligible writing that results. Sometimes, in a book, an author will even include something like a glossary to help with those terms which are intended by the author to have a meaning different from the ordinary definition. At least, I think I may have seen that done somewhere. Thanks for your helpful comments, SC. __________________ Let each walk as the Lord has distributed to each, as God has called each, and in this manner I instruct all the assemblies. 1 Cor. 7:17