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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

I'm Lying!

What can I offer my employee as an alternative statement to "I'm Lying" when they catch themself saying something incorrectly?
  

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Hi, I'm mistaken. I'm wrong. Sorry, that's not right.

  • Hi, I'm mistaken.
  • I'm wrong.
  • Sorry, that's not right.
  • Clive
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4 Answers
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Hi,

I'm mistaken.

I'm wrong.

Sorry, that's not right.

Clive
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Hi GG,

For me, that's one of those finger-nail on the blackboard things.
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Why?

For me, it's especially with names. We have an astonishing number of people name John who work here, and there are two Barbs in our own department. It's not uncommon to have a conversation like "I asked John Smith about that, and he's going to do... " and the other person says "So when we get that from John Smith..." and then you interrupt wtih"John Smith? No, it's John Adams," and t

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