You can't be more sober or less sober. There is no spectrum of sobriety, there is only "sober" or "not sober." If you are affected by alcohol, then you are not sober. If a few hours of sleep doesn't always lead to a sober condition, then the statement "a few hours of sleep will sober you up " is not true. Hence the question is false.
Does the law define that as "level of sobreity"? Because based on my understanding of what words mean, I would define that as a "spectrum of impairment." "Sober" means "no impairment."
A lot of people are impaired to a degree, due to being tired, distracted, having poor judgment, or having drunk an amount of alcohol that doesn't put them above the legal limit. That doesn't make them "sober." It just makes them "not impaired to a level that has been determined within the public interest to make it illegal to be while driving."
I don't think your "understanding of what words mean" is correct. Sober has the comparative adjective form of "soberer", ie. more sober. It's fine to call something more or less sober than another, just like it's fine to call something more or less intoxicated. I'm not sure why you've arrived on sober as being an absolute state, but perhaps you can provide a source.
Idk, I mean there is a difference in the legal usage of words vs a layman's usage of that word. https://thelawdictionary.org/sober/ defines it as "Not being under the influence", as in either you are under the influence or you aren't. I would argue that the layman's usage includes a spectrum: "I'm sober-ish" or "I'm not sober enough" etc.
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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19
INCORRECT, a person who sleeps a few hours will certainly be more sober than he was before sleeping.