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Michael841 Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

For the record

Hello.
Can someone please provide some explanation for the title. when is it said? and what the speaker mean by that?
  

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Hi, This phrase usually means that the speaker is saying something official, something that they are willing to have publicized. The opposite is 'off the record'. Clive

  • Hi, This phrase usually means that the speaker is saying something official, something that they are willing to have publicized.
  • The opposite is 'off the record'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

This phrase usually means that the speaker is saying something official, something that they are willing to have publicized.



The opposite is 'off the record'.



Clive
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Thanks. According to the explanation though it seems like it is used only in business meetings and official conversations while i 've also heard it in casual conversations.
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Hi,



Yes, that's true.



Such uses are more what you might call figurative. We just pretend that there's a record.



Clive

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