Reformulating a quantity · Avoiding an unintended generalisation

Avoiding an unintended generalisation in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Avoiding an unintended generalisation.

Preserve scope, certainty and conditions when reformulating. Changing may to will or some to all changes the meaning even when the topic stays the same.

Context: Reformulating a quantity. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

It does not imply unanimity or claim to describe people whose views were not collected.

لا توحي بالإجماع، ولا تدعي وصف آراء أشخاص لم تُجمع وجهات نظرهم.

The reformulation is different in structure but equivalent in the relevant scope.

تختلف إعادة الصياغة في البنية، لكنها تتكافأ في النطاق ذي الصلة.

Checking quantifiers is therefore a necessary part of checking a paraphrase.

لذلك، فإن مراجعة ألفاظ الكمية جزء ضروري من مراجعة إعادة الصياغة.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: It does not imply unanimity or claim to describe people whose views were not collected.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: لذلك، فإن مراجعة ألفاظ الكمية جزء ضروري من مراجعة إعادة الصياغة.