Ben Shaver advises his workers to complete their projects "as soon as possible." Sarah Rollins thinks Shaver expects the work at the end of the week, but he actually meant to have it finished today. This is a problem of __________.
A) decoding
B) status
C) semantics
D) encoding

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This is a problem of semantics, which refers to the meaning of words and how they are understood. The misunderstanding between Ben Shaver and Sarah Rollins arises from the different interpretations of the phrase "as soon as possible."

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