11-29-2021, 02:12 PM
Strawman,
It appears that you lack the understanding of what the word, means, can imply.
You're obviously of the mindset that means can only be used along the following...
*means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
Means has two distinctly different definitions and isn't limited to your interpretation.
1) means as in meaning
We can say - "Efficacy simply means to achieve a desired effect."
Or similarly implying the same thing - 'Efficacy, simply meaning to achieve a desired effect.'
To intend to convey or indicate: "No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous" (Henry Adams).
Your incorrect assumption of how the word, means, was used -
2) as cited above already - means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved. A means to an end.
Means cannot be used to imply a lacking in kindness without removing the s for mean.
When you gain a better understanding of the English language, particularly the many definitions of simple words like means, I may stop ignoring you, until then...
I don't have anymore patience to engage in arguments that are initiated by your ignorances within the English language.
Cheerio.
It appears that you lack the understanding of what the word, means, can imply.
You're obviously of the mindset that means can only be used along the following...
*means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
Means has two distinctly different definitions and isn't limited to your interpretation.
1) means as in meaning
We can say - "Efficacy simply means to achieve a desired effect."
Or similarly implying the same thing - 'Efficacy, simply meaning to achieve a desired effect.'
To intend to convey or indicate: "No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous" (Henry Adams).
Your incorrect assumption of how the word, means, was used -
2) as cited above already - means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved. A means to an end.
Means cannot be used to imply a lacking in kindness without removing the s for mean.
When you gain a better understanding of the English language, particularly the many definitions of simple words like means, I may stop ignoring you, until then...
I don't have anymore patience to engage in arguments that are initiated by your ignorances within the English language.
Cheerio.