The Economy of Language or Why we Argue About Words By Mark Baker on 2015/08/04 in Every Page is Page One, Writer vs. Reader Human language is extraordinarily economical. We can say an extraordinary amount in very few well chosen words. This economy is essential to its function. Language is what in computer science is called a soft real-time system. That is, you have a limited amount of time in which to convey your meaning.
So confident was Ford in its new unibody trucks that, when they were introduced in 1961, the unibody was the model used for short- and long-bed F-100s and F-250s. These âstylesideâ models, as Ford called them, were available only in two-wheel drive.
In 1898, Winton invented the semi-truck to deliver his motor carriages, calling the new invention an âautomobile hauler.â He placed each brand-new Winton on a two-wheeled cart pulled by a specially modified automobile, with its engine in the rear.