TL;DR: Specificity improves clarity, credibility, and communication.

Specificity

During interviews or when trying to understand something, it doesn’t help to speak in vague terms. The more specific and concrete someone is, the more clearly they can deliver their message.

A good gauge of sentence clarity: How many possible interpretations are there? Does the listener have a concrete picture of what’s being explained or does the listener have an array of possibilities?

Workplace Specificity

The more specific the person goes the more clear they deliver the message.

Experience Specificity

Who Uses Unclear Language

If a bad communicator does not want to be lumped into the above 3 buckets they should work on increasing the specificity of their communication.