PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST Ridicule the Bull, Dance With the Bear

"Messages written for other people differ from those written for ourselves and can be easier for others to understand."

Fussell and Krauss compared messages composed for another person with messages composed for the writer's own use. Messages intended for others were longer and more comprehensible to other readers, supplying experimental evidence that anticipating an audience changes communication.

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