A potential outcome for an author who uses a word without realizing its connotation is: A. she may write something that she does not mean.
Connotation refers to the quality, feeling or an idea which a word brings to the mind of a reader or listener, as well as its literal, dictionary or primary meaning.
This ultimately implies that, a potential outcome for an author who uses a word without realizing its connotation is that he or she may write something that she does not mean or pass across an information she didn't intend to.
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