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Slocawber Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Can I...

Suppose somebody says:
"Can I ask you some questions?"
and you don't want to be bothered.
What can your reply be?
What about: "Please, don't!" ?
Thank you.
  

Top answer

That's OK, but rather direct. More indirect and hence more polite is eg Sorry, I'm busy. This implies that you would if you had time.

— Clive

  • That's OK, but rather direct.
  • More indirect and hence more polite is eg Sorry, I'm busy.
  • This implies that you would if you had time.
  • Clive
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That's OK, but rather direct.
More indirect and hence more polite is eg Sorry, I'm busy.
This implies that you would if you had time.

Clive
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