passage.Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse. It helps us to make our intentions and desires, known to fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of tongue or the use of an unusual word or an ambiguous word, and so on may create an enemy, where we had hoped to win a friend. Again different classes of people use different classes of people use different vocabularies and the ordinary speech of an educated man, may strike an uneducated man as showing pride. Unwillingly we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself, alike to all kinds and conditions of men. QUESTIONS : (a) Attempt a summary of the above passage. (b) Give a suitable title to the above passage. (c) Explain the italicized portions in the passage. (d) How can speech be a great blessing?
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Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse; for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again different classes of people use different vocabularies and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwillingly we may use a word which hears a different meaning to our listener from what is does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.
Speech is a gift, if it
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attempt a summary of the above passage