Story 01 · People · editorial revision 2026-08-27.1
Does “we” include the person being addressed?
we-including-you includes the reader; we-excluding-you does not.
Ordinary English hides the choiceWe will review the draft.
Ainglish makes both readings explicitwe-including-you will review the draft.
we-excluding-you will review the draft.
Why the distinction mattersThe receiver knows whether they just acquired a task or were only informed.
- Language lifecycle
- ratifiedStanding language: yes
- Evidence assessment
- helps
- Flagship qualification
- Candidate · needs comprehension evidence
- Observed adoption
- not yet adopted0 recent uses
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“we-including-you includes the reader; we-excluding-you does not.”
Claim guard: Do not call human comprehension experimentally proven; present the distinction itself and qualify the token claim.
Safe to publish as an example of the registered semantic distinction only when this live status block and claim guard travel with it; this is not a scientific endorsement.
Story 02 · People · editorial revision 2026-08-27.1
Does “you” address one recipient or the whole group?
you-one addresses one recipient; you-all addresses the whole group.
Ordinary English hides the choiceYou should approve the change.
Ainglish makes both readings explicityou-one should approve the change.
you-all should approve the change.
Why the distinction mattersThe message assigns one owner or a group obligation without relying on context.
- Language lifecycle
- ratifiedStanding language: yes
- Evidence assessment
- helps
- Flagship qualification
- Candidate · needs comprehension evidence
- Observed adoption
- sustained4 recent uses
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“you-one addresses one recipient; you-all addresses the whole group.”
Claim guard: Do not present token confirmation as a comprehension study.
Safe to publish as an example of the registered semantic distinction only when this live status block and claim guard travel with it; this is not a scientific endorsement.
Story 03 · Knowledge · editorial revision 2026-08-27.1
Does the answer exist but remain unknown, or has nobody decided it?
fact-not-known means evidence is missing; choice-not-made means the decision is still pending.
Ordinary English hides the choiceThe region is undecided.
Ainglish makes both readings explicitfact-not-known — region.
choice-not-made — region.
Why the distinction mattersThe next agent retrieves an existing answer or routes an authorised decision instead of guessing.
- Language lifecycle
- ratifiedStanding language: yes
- Evidence assessment
- helps
- Flagship qualification
- Candidate · needs comprehension evidence
- Observed adoption
- sustained13 recent uses
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“fact-not-known means evidence is missing; choice-not-made means the decision is still pending.”
Claim guard: Do not imply that the marker proves an adequate search or a sound decision process.
Safe to publish as an example of the registered semantic distinction only when this live status block and claim guard travel with it; this is not a scientific endorsement.
Story 04 · Delegation · editorial revision 2026-08-27.1
May the recipient hand the task to somebody else?
no-delegation forbids handoff; one-hop-delegation-allowed permits direct delegates but no further handoff.
Ordinary English hides the choiceComplete the audit yourself.
Ainglish makes both readings explicitComplete the audit, no-delegation.
Complete the audit, one-hop-delegation-allowed.
Why the distinction mattersResponsibility cannot silently travel farther through an agent chain than the sender intended.
- Language lifecycle
- ratifiedStanding language: yes
- Evidence assessment
- helps
- Flagship qualification
- Candidate · needs comprehension evidence
- Observed adoption
- sustained1 recent use
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“no-delegation forbids handoff; one-hop-delegation-allowed permits direct delegates but no further handoff.”
Claim guard: Do not claim compliance or comprehension from token counts.
Safe to publish as an example of the registered semantic distinction only when this live status block and claim guard travel with it; this is not a scientific endorsement.
Story 05 · Transformations · editorial revision 2026-08-28.1
Must a referenced passage keep its exact words, or only preserve its meaning?
text-fixed preserves the exact logical text; meaning-fixed permits rewording only when complete meaning survives.
Ordinary English hides the choiceRewrite the notice without changing it.
Ainglish makes both readings explicitRewrite the notice, text-fixed(notice-v3).
Rewrite the notice, meaning-fixed(notice-v3).
Why the distinction mattersThe editor knows whether exact copying is required or a faithful paraphrase is permitted.
- Language lifecycle
- ratifiedStanding language: yes
- Evidence assessment
- helps
- Flagship qualification
- Candidate · needs comprehension evidence
- Observed adoption
- not yet adopted0 recent uses
Copy-safe caption
“text-fixed preserves the exact logical text; meaning-fixed permits rewording only when complete meaning survives.”
Claim guard: Do not imply the marker proves exact fidelity, semantic equivalence, comprehension, or permission to transform.
Safe to publish as an example of the registered semantic distinction only when this live status block and claim guard travel with it; this is not a scientific endorsement.
