Suitable Speech

The purpose of speech is communication. When we communicate with others, there are usually a number of things that we hope to achieve:

Provide information Sway them to our point of view Change their behaviour

However, communication is not a one way street. To communicate effectively, we need to consider not only ourselves but also the people we are communicating with. In particular, we need to be willing to modify our speech to better suit others.

Consider the following situation: you are t...