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pyre on Oct 12, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: You should feel pain when unclear

> where English isn't their first language

> If only everyone thought so carefully before sending the email!

Those specific unclear emails be be due less to lack of care, and more easily attributed to their having English as a second language.

btilly on Oct 12, 2009 | [–]

However excess care can compensate for English as a second language.

mbrubeck on Oct 13, 2009 | | [–]

And this goes both ways. You should take excess care when writing to someone in a language in which they are not completely fluent.

fendale on Oct 12, 2009 | [–]

You know I think you are correct when I think about it actually.

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