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  • Understanding the intent of the question *and understanding why it could be interpreted differently *\and understanding why is it is a poorly phrased question:

    There are 3 sentences.

    I want to wash my car. No location or method is specified. No ‘at the car wash’. No ‘take my car to the car wash’ . No ‘take the car through the car wash’

    A car wash is this far. Is this an option? A question. A suggestion. A demand?

    Should I walk or drive? To do what? Wash the car? Ok. If the car wash is an option, that seems very far. But walking there seems silly. Since no method or location for washing the car was mentioned I could wash my own car.

    Do you see how this works?

    Yes, you can infer what was implied, but the question itself offers no certainty that what you infer is what it is actually implying.


  • Understanding the intent of the question *and understanding why it could be interpreted differently *\and understanding why is it is a poorly phrased question are not related to autism. (In my case)

    I want to wash my car. No location or method is specified. No ‘at the car wash’. No ‘take my car to the car wash’ . No ‘take the car through the car wash’

    A car wash is this far. Is this an option? A question. A suggestion. A demand?

    Should I walk or drive? To do what? Wash the car? Ok. If the car wash is an option, that seems very far. But walking there seems silly. Since no method or location for washing the car was mentioned I could wash my own car.

    Do you see how this works?

    Yes, you can infer what was implied, but the question itself offers no certainty that what you infer is what it is actually implying.