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  • Posted by Lucia on July 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    Scenario 1:

    Sorry I don’t know the expression ‘back on track’, can you explain it to me?

    Scenario 2:

    Sorry to interrupt you, Mr. X. I’m having trouble following you. Would you mind speaking more slowly?

    Scenario 3:

    What did you say?

    Scenario 4:

    Sorry a piece of clarification, are you saying that the project is feasible or that it depends on some preliminary steps to perform yet?

    Scenario 5:

    I have to interrupt you. You are using a word that I’m not making, can I ask you to spell the word you have just said immediately after ***?

    Scenario 6:

    Are you saying that Mark’s behavior toward his girlfriend is terrible and you would have left him?

    Scenario 7:

    Sorry, how much sales increase we need?

    Scenario 8:

    So can you confirm you will pick me up about at 9, after having took Jenny?

    Lucia replied 2 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Kerin

    Administrator
    July 2, 2021 at 10:56 am

    Good work here @Lu_Corde

    Here are some suggestions:

    4. Instead of Sorry a piece of clarification … better> Sorry, just to clarify …

    5. You should use a phrasal verb here: You are using a word that I’m not making out,

    7. Can you try and rewrite this?! 😚

    8. …. after having picked up Jenny?

    • Lucia

      Member
      July 5, 2021 at 8:32 pm

      Thank you for your feedback!

      For 7. I would say ”Sorry, how much do we need to increase sales?”, is it right?

      • Kerin

        Administrator
        July 7, 2021 at 9:14 am

        Ok @Lu_Corde , let’s see:

        In your original sentence you wrote:

        > Sorry, how much sales increase we need?

        you are simply missing the auxiliary verb: Sorry, how much sales increase DO we need?

        In the corrected sentence you are almost there, you are just missing the preposition which you could place here

        > Sorry, how much do we need to increase sales BY?

        or here

        > Sorry, BY how much do we need to increase sales?

        Lastly, you could simply say: Sorry, how much?

        🙂

        • Lucia

          Member
          July 16, 2021 at 10:30 am

          I made it over-complicated! Thank you for your feedback

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