Purposeful omission

Purposeful omission

Purposeful omission is the leaving out of particular nonessential details that can be assumed by the reader, (if used in literature), according to the context and attitudes/gestures made by the characters in the stories. It allows for the reader to make their own abstract representation of the situation at hand. The use of the generic currency "credits" in science fiction is one example of this.


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