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Spinnaker Posted 19 years ago
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forget it - formal style?

0 If I try to help someone but this person never get it, then I give up and say: "forget it".02br
00I my opinion it's very informal. What's the similar meaning in a formal style?0-
  

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0 "Let's come back to this another time"02br
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0 For me that means more, that you really try it again not that you never try it again.0-
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0 I agree, but it is a polite way of stopping an action without being unpleasant about it. I can think of no "politer" term for 01b01i00forget it, 02i02b00though you could perhaps say "Forget about it".0-
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0 Well, if there isn't any politer way, I will use 01i00forget about it 02i00or just01i00 forget it.02i0-
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0I would think you were being very rude if you were to say that to me in that situation. It shows exasperation that the person is too stupid to understand you.02br
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00To be polite, you need to find a way to get out of the situation without suggesting that. Another way might be to say something about needing to go and do some other work, go off to see someone else, etc.0
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10I would think you were being very rude if you were to say that to me in that situation. It shows exasperation that the person is too stupid to understand you.12br
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10To be polite, you need to find a way to get out of the situation without suggesting that. Another way might be to say so
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01cite10Spinnaker12cite10Interesting. What11font11del10's12del12font10 about 11i10never mind?12i10 Could that be another possibility? 11font10No12font12blockquote
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0 Nevermind, it's not very important (unless it's obviously very important :-) )0-
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