Exactly my point, cursive refers to that exact style of joined-up writing. It is not a word which refers to any and all joined-up writing. If you ask almost any American what cursive is, they’ll point to the style as shown in the first image.
If you ask almost any American what “joined-up writing” is, they’ll point to the style in the second image. Because if you were referring to Cursive, you would have said cursive, not joined-up writing.
If you avoid using the very common specific term for something in favor of a less common, more general term, people will assume you’re not referring to the more specific thing, because you’ve gone out of your way to not use the specific term.
Exactly my point, cursive refers to that exact style of joined-up writing. It is not a word which refers to any and all joined-up writing. If you ask almost any American what cursive is, they’ll point to the style as shown in the first image.
If you ask almost any American what “joined-up writing” is, they’ll point to the style in the second image. Because if you were referring to Cursive, you would have said cursive, not joined-up writing.
If you avoid using the very common specific term for something in favor of a less common, more general term, people will assume you’re not referring to the more specific thing, because you’ve gone out of your way to not use the specific term.