One missing comma can change a whole sentence. Pay attention to the small parts of what people say.

Meaning lives in very small parts. A single word can flip a sentence from an invitation to a warning, and the words that do the most work are usually the little ones: only, still, again, maybe. People reveal a great deal in those, often without meaning to.

Listen for the qualifiers this week. When somebody says they are fine now, or that they will probably come, the extra word is the whole message. Answering that rather than the headline turns a flat exchange into a real one. The same care catches half the marks you lose on a test.