Re: communicating

[Joseph Bellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>]

Themselves and they both refer to the sender.  I hope that helps.  As you 
can see, when the receiver respondes, the sender can adjust the 
communication, so that the receiver receives better.  Just the point I 
was trying to make.

cheers

On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Leigh Palmer wrote:

> > Which pronoun?
>
> > > > What is missing in this description is, as I read it, blindness to the
> > > > response of the receiver.  Unless the sender gets back something by which
> > > > to judge the quality of the communication, the sender is acting in a way
> > > > that satisfies themselves but have little to do with what they want
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^     vvvv                        ^^^^
>
> Two of 'em (^^^). The verb (vvv) needs work, too.
>
> Leigh