In having written such a piece of essay, what may be the intention of the author?
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Passage 5
One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started in discourse; but instead of this, we find that conversation is never so much straitened and confined as in numerous assemblies. When a multitude meet together on any subject of discourse, their debates are taken up chiefly with forms and general positions; nay, if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women, the talk generally runs upon the weather, fashions, news, and the like public topics. In proportion as conversation gets into clubs and knots of friends, it descends into particulars, and grows more free and communicative : but the most open, instructive, and unreserved discourse, is that which passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends. On these occasions, a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost, discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things, tries the beauty and strength of his sentiments, and exposes his whole soul to the examination of his friend.
In having written such a piece of essay, what may be the intention of the author?
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Correct answer: (A) To find an easy and precise style which could be read and understood by the ordinary public
Explanation
The essay discusses an everyday subject (conversation) in a clear, easy style meant for the general reading public, as periodical essays of this kind were.