In the last 3 days, there have been a few occasions when I have sent out a mail to mail and somebody (a 3rd party observer) has pointed out possible instances in the mail which could lead to potential misunderstandings for the final reader..

This has led me to add his step just before I finally hit the send button: read the mail like your reader would read it..
I just tried it, and I already think it works!

I guess most people would say that checking your mail in this fashion is a part of protocol..
But I guess I had started giving lesser importance to this step as censoring my own mails seemed tantamount to compromising on my thought process - I was just very concerned about doing complete justice to my thought train.. Tailoring my mail to 'suit' the reader felt like a compromise.. Something I wasn't really cool about.

Well, such a compromise is still not acceptable. So, now while I do review each mail, I do make sure that I convey my thoughts - however dis-comforting they might be for the end reader - but I also go slightly out of my way to prevent mis-communication..

That leads me to the next 'natural' question: should I also tailor my blog posts to suit my friends who read it? Should I change it in anyway to prevent potential misunderstandings?
I guess, the answer is no - I am pretty sure that these friends will be friends enough to comment/mail back in case they need any clarifictaions / or there are any misunderstandings..