List ways to avoid ambiguity when you speak
Three ways to avoid ambiguity when you speak are:
• Use words that have a single, precise meaning.
• Use the best word for what you want to say.
• Use a noun to indicate who or what; if you use a pronoun, it should clearly refer to one specific noun used in the same sentence.
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