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How to SOFTEN your English part 2

Confident Business English

CHAPTER

Negative Questions for English Presentations

A negative question is a good way to give a suggestion or direct what you want to be done without being very direct. I've had many students who have told me, British people working with them, it's like they never say what they mean. And part of that is because we aren't direct. You kind of have to read between the lines with us a little bit. We use these kind of techniques with each other.

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