Vague sentence

On a typical no class Friday, my friend Sarah and I hang out to catch up on what has been happening during the week since we attend different colleges. While we were updating each other on school related matter, I told her I needed to go to Target to buy some more notebooks for school. She replies, "You should buy some at Wal-Mart, notebooks are cheaper at Wal-Mart than at Target." This sentence was apparently vague. She didn't mention what kind of notebooks. Notebooks not only come in different brands, but have a different number of subjects in each notebook. If she were to say, "Five Star notebooks are cheaper at Wal-Mart than at Target" or "Five Star five subject notebooks are cheaper at Wal-Mart than at Target", it would not be considered vague because it is made clear and does not have different ways to understand it that cannot be settled on one.

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Subjective and Objective Claims

Subjective claims are statements that involve judgments, opinions and feelings. Subjective claims can be true or false only depending on one's beliefs or feelings. Objective claims are the opposite, they are not subjective. Objective claims are statements that can be proven true or false.

PlayStation 3 is a better console than Xbox 360

This statement is a subjective. PlayStation is a console, but having it being "better" is one's judgment, opinion or feelings towards the system. Many people may feel PlayStation 3's controllers and features are easier to use while many other people feel the same towards the Xbox 360. The statement includes one's opinion which makes it subjective.

PlayStation 3 is manufactured by Sony

This statement is objective. This statement is objective because it does not involve one's beliefs towards it and can be proven true or false. Sony manufactured PlayStation when it first came out and is still currently manufacturing PlayStation 2, 3, and PlayStation Portable. It's first console was first introduced on December 3, 1995 in Japan.

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Introductory Post

Hello class!

I am a full time sophomore student attending San Jose State University. I am currently taking prerequisites courses to pursue my goals as a nurse. I have encountered various situations where I have used my communication skills. One of my many experiences was during my first job. I was a summer intern at Kaiser Permanente working in the Nursing Administration department. With the intern program, we were fortunate to have a professional public speaker to coach the interns on how to improve communication in a professional environment. We were given difficult speeches, task and activities to help improve. Some of my interest are biking, skating, but mainly spending time with friends and family. Although this is my second online class, the desire2learn program is very new to me.

Until next time,

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