> You need to communicate. Clear, concise, eloquent, and precise use of english* allows this to occur.
Unfortunately, it's not that simple (is it ever, with language?). Different forms of communication have different standards, and some modern forms differ from normal English. For instance here's a study showing that text messages ending with a period are considered less sincere:
Clearly, there's more to it than just using clear English. I bet if some of those sentences ended with a smiley instead of a period, the intended meaning of the sentence would have come across more clearly to the recipient.
> You need to communicate. Clear, concise, eloquent, and precise use of english* allows this to occur.
Unfortunately, it's not that simple (is it ever, with language?). Different forms of communication have different standards, and some modern forms differ from normal English. For instance here's a study showing that text messages ending with a period are considered less sincere:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563215...
Clearly, there's more to it than just using clear English. I bet if some of those sentences ended with a smiley instead of a period, the intended meaning of the sentence would have come across more clearly to the recipient.