Re:I started taking English classes at the age of 46
by mabbo on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:00PM
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To this day, I'm still unsure whether there was a misunderstanding or if I was being taken advantage of, but I presume good intent from the person.
Re:I started taking English classes at the age of 46
by jackvalentine on Sunday December 11, 2022 @07:44PM
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Sometimes people just hear what they want to hear. I’ve definitely been in situations where my advice was carefully caveated with a precursor “If I were in your situation, I would do X” and the person has just heard “I would do X”.
In fact, even if I was in "speak simply" mode, I would still use "would" instead of, perhaps, "recommend," as "would" is a shorter word: I favor simpler words over multi-syllable versions when trying to be maximally understandable to someone whose native language is not English. I'm glad you brought it up!