Be Coherent and Relevant?!

I have been told that I have a tendency to be incoherent, especially over MSN.

In exasperation, a friend sent me this:-

Grice's Conversational Maxims

Maxim of Quantity:

1. Make your contribution to the conversation as informative as necessary.

2. Do not make your contribution to the conversation more informative than necessary.

Maxim of Quality:

1. Do not say what you believe to be false.

2. Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence.

Maxim of Relevance:
Be relevant (i.e., say things related to the current topic of the conversation).

Maxim of Manner:

1. Avoid obscurity of expression.

2. Avoid ambiguity.

3. Be brief (avoid unnecessary wordiness).

4. Be orderly



My dear friend… I try to make my contribution to conversation as informative as possible, and I do not say what I believe to be false. BUT, try as I might, I am simply not genetically inclined to achieve the rest ;P Apologies; cannot lah!