Sandman
In article <4q4am9hfno7dlolo6g4f60nt7vo0063mjq@4ax.com>, Andreas Skitsnack wrote:

That's called "inference". Where the reader infers meaning from the writer's words that aren't explicitly written.

What sometimes is called "unintended implication" is when a statement by someone has an obvious inference that the writer didn't think of. When a car ad says "New and improved", it's sometimes called an "unintended implication" that the old model was old and lousy.

Tony Cooper
And you are arguing elsewhere that there is no such thing as an unintended inference.

Sandman
Unintended inference? What are you talking about? You're even more confused than usual.

But, as you can probably realize, that *wasn't* the implication in any shape or form, since an implication is when the writer indicates the existence of something by suggestion rather than explicit reference, which the one making the car ad certainly didn't do.

Tony Cooper
Whoa! The writer most certainly created the suggestion. If it's "improved", it *must* be better than it was. The suggestion is there, but the parameters are not.

Sandman
We know you're illiterate, Andreas. Why this urge to prove it over and over again?

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