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A very abused English word in the information industry. Phrases such as "it is a special type of format" or "it uses a special code for that purpose" are found frequently in documentation. However, anything that is created to solve a problem is merely the solution. What makes something special is that it does the same job better and stands out among its peers, not that it just "does" the job. The way many people use the word, everything under the sun would be special because it exists. That may be true philosophically, but not for technical writing. See specialty software.
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I understand that you have ordered a special train to Harwich. There is a proper season for making attacks with fire, and special days for starting a conflagration. The word wind, in this passage, suggested to the minds of some, who afterwards gave an account of this meeting, a coincidence which might, in the spirit of the times, be construed into a special appointment of Providence. |
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