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If I were writing a document to be shared with Russian government officials, I would want those suggestions. The consequences of making my document not suit its audience already exist. If I'm writing a suggestion to my mail carrier, I wouldn't want to use the the word "mailman" because she could see it as being passive aggressive and interpret the suggestion accordingly.

This, just like spell-checking, just makes it easier to write a document that won't make the audience quibble over diction or make negative inferences about tone.



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