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  • Ways of connecting a real with a fiction (logical system) are arbitrary.

      What fiction should I apply to a given real ? -- No rule. Just arbitrary.
        No true/false, right/wrong.

      But you are restricted in such a way as
        "Would others allow me to do it, or not ?"
        "Is it effective or not ?"

  • In particular, whether a connection between real and fiction is adequate or not depends on situation, person, culture, and so on.

  • ExampleF
    • (Real --> Fiction)
      Suppose someone asks you the size of a book.
      If her/his concern is whether the book can be put in a bag, then you may answer by using the unit "cm". (If you use "mm", you might be thought strange.)
      But in the case where making a book is on issue, it would be adequate for you to use "mm".

    • (Fiction --> Real)
      There is a case where it is ok for you to draw a circle by free hand, and there is a case where you must use a compass.

  • The word which points arbitrariness which is socially acceptable/effective is "manner".

  • An action of you is of good manner in some case, and bad in other case.

  • In particular, manners are learned only by increasing one's experience.