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Originally Posted by DMN
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Again, syntax has nothing to do with the actual language but in the rules regarding the order it is arranged to properly convey meaning to an interpreter. it's like calling a mathematical function "aggressive". Though i have heard jokes of angry periodic functions.
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Fair illustration, but words communicate ideas. Numbers communicate quantity, generally.
Words, phrases, and their ordering. One could begin their statement with a rhetorical question, say, which would constitute a syntax that urges its speaker’s audience to embark on a line of reasoning. One might call this form of syntax ‘inquisitorial’. One could also begin their statement with hate-speech, which is an ordering of specific word choices intended to ostracize and alienate - one might call this aggressive syntax.