Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.

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At times, people speak in a way that makes it unclear what they mean. They say things in a way that can be interpreted in different ways. By giving alternative meanings to the words, the speaker can avoid being misunderstood.

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