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Originally Posted by Rob Lister
More often, the writer doesn't really know exactly what they're trying to convey. If it is muddled in their head, that's how it comes out on paper.
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A loong time ago when I was in training I had a manager who wouldn't listen to any proposal or issue presented to him verbally. He always said "go back and put it on paper". His view was that the exercise of putting it on paper and presenting a coherent argument or summary would show you whether your thinking was muddled or clear. He did his job, it was good training, and I have to say I agree with him. Discussions can be verbal but initial presentations or arguments benefit a lot from the discipline of having to write them down and then judge if they make sense.
(This presupposes that people actually read what they have written of course
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