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EXD.4:4.1 - Offer a contribution tied to the current question

Use the available question and qualified subject account. If the target is uncertain, EXD.1 helps identify the consequential distinction. Obtain and Carry the Subject Explanation supplies the subject return.

Offer a claim with the ground, condition or correspondence that makes the next inference possible. Choose the grain from the task and the recipient’s usable preparation. A short derivation can be one contribution; a demonstration may need one meaningful intermediate point. A fixed number of sentences or turns cannot determine that grain.

Make the expression accessible through the participants’ actual channel. A pause, an editable example, a text field or a choice to inspect the underlying account can let the recipient contribute. If the channel cannot support an exchange, prepare a usable explanation with explicit conditions and a return instead.