[adminu]

I don't know about that. Precision is something desirable in science and engineering.

My experience is quite the opposite anyways, I often felt, English sentences lacked clarity that you could have in a German sentence

[looping__lui]

In science or engineering? Like how?

I mean, like I said for contractual arrangements etc. German is more precise.

But I never found that the “English language was not precise enough” to convey something - unless it was a choice by the author.

[estaseuropano]

That's why English works well for professional discussions: the ambiguity is a tool. The obvious case being 'you' and the implied level of formality, but also plenty other words/phrases have a similar effect.

[wadkar]

Ironically, I concur :-)