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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 8046483, member: 112"]And therein lies the problem. Of course you knew that which is why you did this. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That said I can't blame ya for doing it because I write about the same kind of thing all the time. Definitions - it seems everybody has their own. And it doesn't really matter what the word or subject is, that still holds true as evidenced by what has been posted so far in this thread. Another example would this, The PCGS definition, taken direct from their website - <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/lingo/s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/lingo/s" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/lingo/s</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>scratch</i></p><p><i>A detracting line that is more severe than a hairline. The size of a coin determines the point at which a line ceases to be viewed as a hairline and instead is regarded a scratch; the larger the coin, the greater the tolerance.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The first short sentence of that is the definition, the rest are merely qualifiers. And as I'm reasonably certain you will, I too find it lacking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I'm not saying that I disagree with your qualifiers for a definition, to the contrary, I do agree. But I said it is a problem because of the limitations such qualifiers inflict on the task at hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given all of that, using bits and pieces what has been said so far and combining them I do think we can arrive at suitable definition. But - there is one crucial point, that I believe must be included in the definition that no one has yet mentioned and rather than state it, I want to see if anyone else can come up with what that point is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 8046483, member: 112"]And therein lies the problem. Of course you knew that which is why you did this. :) That said I can't blame ya for doing it because I write about the same kind of thing all the time. Definitions - it seems everybody has their own. And it doesn't really matter what the word or subject is, that still holds true as evidenced by what has been posted so far in this thread. Another example would this, The PCGS definition, taken direct from their website - [URL]https://www.pcgs.com/lingo/s[/URL] [I]scratch A detracting line that is more severe than a hairline. The size of a coin determines the point at which a line ceases to be viewed as a hairline and instead is regarded a scratch; the larger the coin, the greater the tolerance.[/I] The first short sentence of that is the definition, the rest are merely qualifiers. And as I'm reasonably certain you will, I too find it lacking. Now I'm not saying that I disagree with your qualifiers for a definition, to the contrary, I do agree. But I said it is a problem because of the limitations such qualifiers inflict on the task at hand. Given all of that, using bits and pieces what has been said so far and combining them I do think we can arrive at suitable definition. But - there is one crucial point, that I believe must be included in the definition that no one has yet mentioned and rather than state it, I want to see if anyone else can come up with what that point is.[/QUOTE]
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