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0 pointsljm13d ago0 comments

I would argue that it actually reduced the literacy level required to understand the message by using simpler terms.

> formulate my thoughts like I intend them to be received by the reader

> conveys my thoughts the way I want them to be understood by the reader

there is a way the parent poster constructs their sentences that may sound a little clumsy in a literary sense, but is actually dumbed down

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GreenWatermelon13d ago

There is also significant meaning encoded in the parent's choice of words that implies more than what's written. "Formulate", "intend", and "receive" imply the parent comes from a technical or academic background, and this is how they express their thoughts. Parent has "intentions", not mere "wants". To the parent, the act of weaving together a comment for communication constitutes "Formulating thought", which is different from just "find wording"

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0 pointsljm13d ago0 comments

I would argue that it actually reduced the literacy level required to understand the message by using simpler terms.

> formulate my thoughts like I intend them to be received by the reader

> conveys my thoughts the way I want them to be understood by the reader

there is a way the parent poster constructs their sentences that may sound a little clumsy in a literary sense, but is actually dumbed down

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GreenWatermelon13d ago

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