I just got schooled on effective communication by a three-year-old

Morris: “Here, Mommy, try some of my pie.”

Me: “Mmmm… it is pretty yummy.”

Morris: “Why you’d say pretty?”

Me: “Because it’s yummy, and… well… um… you’re right. I didn’t need to include the ‘pretty.’ I should have just said yummy.”

Morris nods. “Then you can say, YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!”