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Lukas Juodelis Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Not exactly a "grammar" question

Hello. I want to ask a possible employer about how much would I get (talking about salary). Is it appropriate to use such sentence:

How big a salary can I expect?
  

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Hi, I want to ask a possible employer about how much would I get (talking about salary). Is it appropriate to use such sentence: How big a salary can I expect? In my culture, this would sound too forceful and direct.

  • Hi, I want to ask a possible employer about how much would I get (talking about salary).
  • Is it appropriate to use such sentence: How big a salary can I expect?
  • In my culture, this would sound too forceful and direct.
  • I'd say something like What is the salary range?
  • ' Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

I want to ask a possible employer about how much would I get (talking about salary). Is it appropriate to use such sentence:






How big a salary can I expect?





In my culture, this would sound too forceful and direct. I'd say something like

What is the salary range?



I'd
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Thanks, Clive. That sounds really polite Emotion: smile

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