written words

     I recently read a comment by a young woman who said that she didn't like to chat, because her friends often misunderstood what she wrote and became annoyed with her. The main reason to learn to write clearly is that your words, once written and sent or published, go alone into the big wide world, without you present to explain or qualify ( except, but ) them. If you're not sure that your words can make it on their own, get a friend to read what you've written--to proofread it for you. Then you can be sure that your words say what you intended them to say.