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Comment by SoftTalker

10 months ago

Most writing is intended to communicate. Business writing is intended to create an impression.

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mmooss  10 months ago

> Most writing is intended to communicate.

If you mean 'communicate information', no. Communication, including written, is for emotion, social expression, and other things before information.

Even information requires those other things to be retained well.

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