I have been thinking a lot about diction lately. I was in a conversation a little while ago where the word good was used to describe too different levels of good. We were talking about the misconceptions people had with these levels of good. Really they were very different, one being pure and perfect, the other was more of a try your best idea. But because both states were described by the same description word, there seemed to be no difference between the two. This kind of misconception happens more frequently now that I am aware of these kinds of confusions. These kinds of misconceptions highlight just how important diction really is, which links back to the creation of a word and its fluidity. Because the use of words is an agreement, this confusion stems from the agreed meaning of each word. Along with the lack of communication to the meanings that are being implied. Good is on a spectrum, therefore it means many different things, without clarifying the meaning a conversation can be very baffling.
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