From 307999a799bb120a2dc25bc068fdeb83af4422af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:37:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] From Suggestions (figs-explicit) --- translate/figs-explicit/01.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/translate/figs-explicit/01.md b/translate/figs-explicit/01.md index 0ee73da5..7092197d 100644 --- a/translate/figs-explicit/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-explicit/01.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ When someone speaks or writes, he has something specific that he wants people to know or do or think about. He normally states this directly. This is **explicit information**. -The speaker assumes that his audience already knows certain things that they will need to think about in order to understand this information. Normally he does not tell people these things, because they already know them. This is called **assumed knowledge**. +The speaker assumes that his audience already knows certain things that they will need to think about in order to understand what he says. Normally he does not tell people these things, because they already know them. This is called **assumed knowledge**. The speaker does not always directly state everything that he expects his audience to learn from what he says. Information that he expects people to learn from what he says even though he does not state it directly is **implicit information.**