 In Ryle’s (and in Wittgenstein’s) hands, pointing to the non-descriptive, expressive, use of an utterance such as “I intend to go to the store” or “I am bored” is supposed to put to rest the mystery of the avower’s presumptive authority; it is not supposed to invite the development of a philosophical account to explain it. It constitutes a step not only in rebutting the Cartesian’s accommodation of this authority, but also in denying that there is only one use of the relevant expression—namely, to describe or designate a state, occurrence, or property—in the first place.