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In this frame of thought, it needs to be understood that the intended sense of these last two classes excludes the common usage of words like ''clear'', ''clearly'', and so on, or ''distinct'', ''distinctly'', and so on, as elliptic figures of speech that are intended to be taken in a more literal way to mean ''clearly true'', and so on, or ''distinctly true'', and so on.

In this frame of thought, it needs to be understood that the intended sense of these last two classes excludes the common usage of words like ''clear'', ''clearly'', and so on, or ''distinct'', ''distinctly'', and so on, as elliptic figures of speech that are intended to be taken in a more literal way to mean ''clearly true'', and so on, or ''distinctly true'', and so on.

In this connection, when I mention one of these properties it is only meant as a representative of its class.  Also, as they are used in this context, these terms are intended only in what is diversely called their ''impressionistic'', ''nominal'', ''subjective'', ''superficial'', or ''topical'' sense, implying the sorts of qualities that one can judge “by inspection” of the expression and its immediate situation, and without the need of a prolonged investigation.  Thus, none of their intentions is damaged for this purpose by prefacing their proposal with an attitude of ''seeming''.  For all one cares in these concerns, "seems X" = "X", for X = C, L, M.  This makes the judgment of these qualities a matter of "seeming syntax" and "seeming semantics", involving only the sorts of decision that are commonly and easily made without carrying out complex computations or without delving into the abstruse equivalence classes of expressions.

In this connection, when I mention one of these properties it is only meant as a representative of its class.  Also, as they are used in this context, these terms are intended only in what is diversely called their ''impressionistic'', ''nominal'', ''subjective'', ''superficial'', or ''topical'' sense, implying the sorts of qualities that one can judge &ldquo;by inspection&rdquo; of the expression and its immediate situation, and without the need of a prolonged investigation.  Thus, none of their intentions is damaged for this purpose by prefacing their proposal with an attitude of ''seeming''.  For all one cares in these concerns, <math>{}^{\backprime\backprime} \operatorname{seems}~X {}^{\prime\prime} = {}^{\backprime\backprime} X {}^{\prime\prime},</math> for <math>X = C, L, M.</math> This makes the judgment of these qualities a matter of ''seeming syntax'' and ''seeming semantics'', involving only the sorts of decision that are commonly and easily made without carrying out complex computations or without delving into the abstruse equivalence classes of expressions.

People frequently use the adverbs ''immediately'' or ''intuitively'' to get this sense across, and even though these terms have technical meanings that prevent me from using them in this way in anything but a casual setting, they can do for the moment.  Still, when I use ''immediately'' in this sense it is meant in contrast only to ''ultimately'', and more or less synonymous to ''mediately'', suggesting that which holds in the meantime.  In a pinch, a determination of seeming certainty or seeming clarity is enough to put an inquiry on hold for a time being, but the distinction between ''seeming so to me, for now'' and ''seeming so to all, forever'' still holds, with only the latter deserving the title of ''being so''.

People frequently use the adverbs ''immediately'' or ''intuitively'' to get this sense across, and even though these terms have technical meanings that prevent me from using them in this way in anything but a casual setting, they can do for the moment.  Still, when I use ''immediately'' in this sense it is meant in contrast only to ''ultimately'', and more or less synonymous to ''mediately'', suggesting that which holds in the meantime.  In a pinch, a determination of seeming certainty or seeming clarity is enough to put an inquiry on hold for a time being, but the distinction between ''seeming so to me, for now'' and ''seeming so to all, forever'' still holds, with only the latter deserving the title of ''being so''.