I find a lot of poor communication is driven by 1)“interpretation” by the receiver of the query, 2) by the fear of saying I don’t know or an answer perceived to

I find a lot of poor communication is driven by 1)“interpretation” by the receiver of the query, 2) by the fear of saying I don’t know or an answer perceived to be received negatively (e.g. “no”), 3) or by people who want to give you what they perceive to be the “answer”, when you are in fact seeking to understand intermediate facts or context.