context
I’ve been using one word quite a bit for the last couple of years: “context”. So much of what we seem to do day-to-day really lacks context. We have quick converstations that might be misinterpreted due to lack of context. We get powerpoint presentations chock full of bullets that don’t say much to begin with and are in many cases devoid of context (other than the title page 
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We could all use a little more context…
con·text (k?n’t?kst’)
n.
1. The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.
2. The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.
[Middle English, composition, from Latin contextus, from past participle of contexere, to join together : com-, com- + texere, to weave.]
John said,
November 14, 2005 @ 8:18 pm
You are working your way toward a technical communications major.
All communications should consider audience, purpose, and you guessed it, context.
beav said,
November 17, 2005 @ 11:41 am
What about perspective. I need context around my perspective.