What is the meaning of the last sentence?

English translation: Please see my explanation

10:29 Sep 16, 2005
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English term or phrase: What is the meaning of the last sentence?
What makes one question more effective than another lies in its spirit, and that spirit cannot be defined by a set of guidelines that we can follow. They are more a function of where people are coming from in asking them than in what is said.
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Explanation:
The questions that people ask depend on the background of the asker: their knowledge, their expectations, what they would like to hear, and so on. The wording they use in their questions is sometimes coloured by the above, so subconciously might use words that get them the answer they would like to hear, for example.
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what is the meaning of the last sentence?
Please see my explanation


Explanation:
The questions that people ask depend on the background of the asker: their knowledge, their expectations, what they would like to hear, and so on. The wording they use in their questions is sometimes coloured by the above, so subconciously might use words that get them the answer they would like to hear, for example.


Arcoiris
Local time: 19:09
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
15 mins
  -> Thank you Jack

agree  marybro
1 hr
  -> Thank you marybro

agree  Kevin Kelly: Absolutely correct.
1 hr

agree  seaMount: also (to elaborate): depending no their world-view and value system
1 hr

agree  jccantrell: Or, to put it like Hemingway: context!
4 hrs

agree  Can Altinbay: Yes. The sentence, though, is poorly put together.
4 hrs

agree  Lisa Russell
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agree  jennifer newsome (X)
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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