Why can’t a sentence become clear without more words?

What’s the point of this article, “The facts in washtenaw county are not partisan.” This is technically correct, but is also misleading (or is it?) as it implies races elsewhere (such as Michigan) are partisan. (they are not, all judicial races in Michigan are nonpartisan). If a sentence like “judicial races in Washtenaw County are nonpartisan… is correct, but with fewer words; and presumably? less misleading, it will create a more favorable image of Washtenaw County Mayor D. O. Duggan. Do both or both candidates know the difference?

  1. Is the original sentence misleading?
  2. What is exactly the phenomenon where adding words makes a sentence less accurate?

What is true for politics?

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Obfuscation. With an increased complexity in a word there is comprehensibility. This word doesn’t specifically mean that more words are on the list

or, simply: In this word there are more words just in case.

Answered on March 14, 2021.
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Answered on March 14, 2021.
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You may be looking for ” gobbledegook “. What does slang mean when you think it is a real word?

Do you have an idea for a speech or writing that is complicated or difficult

to understand?

Answered on March 14, 2021.
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