1920, James Melvin Lee, Business writing‎, Test Copy for Specificness Copy, if possible, should be specific.
1921, w, Advertising, its principles and practice, Headlines — Specificness The headline should be specific. Such generalities as Wisdom, The Truth, Character and Reputation, Easy Economies, or Cheapest and Best have little value for the average reader.
August 9, 1981, Stage View; PETER BROOK RETURNS TO CHEKHOV'S VISION, To do a naturalistic play you have to respect the specificness of the period, place and social conditions
1984, w, Introduction to the grammar of English‎, Definiteness, specificness and genericness
2002, John Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation‎, A second problem about taking stories as moral examples is their specificness.
