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Pamela81 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Phone call with Paul
Hi,
today I called my customer and I would like to know if my conversation was OK, I hope I didn´t tell make too many mistakes and above all I didn´t tell nonsenses
Me: Hi, Paul, finally I can hear you ! (my explanation: he was always out every time I called him in the last few weeks)
Paul : ............ (not important, I am sure his English was perfect...too much....)
Me: I called many times but you weren´t there, I was told that you were out of office
Paul.......
Me: I hope you had great Holidays
Paul......
Me: I would like to ask you if you received my 3 e-mails
Paul.......
Me: great, please take your time, you can write your suggestions by e-mail and we shall get in touch next week
Please tell me if my sentences were accetable.... I was very embarrassed, Paul has a crazy British accent, he speaks so fast... During our conversation I got only few words but then when I put them all together I understood the whole meaning.......
Thank you for checking.
Pamela
today I called my customer and I would like to know if my conversation was OK, I hope I didn´t tell make too many mistakes and above all I didn´t tell nonsenses
Me: Hi, Paul, finally I can hear you ! (my explanation: he was always out every time I called him in the last few weeks)
Paul : ............ (not important, I am sure his English was perfect...too much....
)Me: I called many times but you weren´t there, I was told that you were out of office
Paul.......
Me: I hope you had great Holidays
Paul......
Me: I would like to ask you if you received my 3 e-mails
Paul.......
Me: great, please take your time, you can write your suggestions by e-mail and we shall get in touch next week
Please tell me if my sentences were accetable.... I was very embarrassed, Paul has a crazy British accent, he speaks so fast...
During our conversation I got only few words but then when I put them all together I understood the whole meaning.......Thank you for checking.
Pamela
Top answer
Pamela81 Please tell me if my sentences were acceptable.... Hi Yes, it can be sometimes embarassing if you have bad English when the person you are speaking to has a great command over his or her language. But in your case, it is not very much so, I feel.
- Pamela81 Please tell me if my sentences were acceptable....
- Hi Yes, it can be sometimes embarassing if you have bad English when the person you are speaking to has a great command over his or her language.
- But in your case, it is not very much so, I feel.
- Here are my corrections and suggestions: Me: Hi, Paul, finally I could reach you !
- (my explanation: he was always out every time I called him in the last few weeks) Paul : ............
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Pamela81Please tell me if my sentences were acceptable....Hi
Yes, it can be sometimes embarassing if you have bad English when the person you are speaking to has a great command over his or her language. But in your case, it is not very much so, I feel.
Here are my corrections and suggestions:
Me: Hi, Paul, finally I could reach
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Thank you Prajwal for the reply.
I do not have a bad English , maybe a terrible accent
compared to a native speaker ..
I do not have a bad English , maybe a terrible accent
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Pamela, just a couple of suggestions.
"nonsense" can only be used in the singular, so "nonsenses" is bad English. Also, "speak bad English" rather than "have a bad English". (no article is used in this phrase)
"nonsense" can only be used in the singular, so "nonsenses" is bad English. Also, "speak bad English" rather than "have a bad English". (no article is used in this phrase)
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IvanhrPamela, just a couple of suggestions."nonsense" can only be used in the singular, so "nonsenses" is bad English. Also, "speak bad English" rather than "have a bad English". (no article is used in this phrase)Hi, Ivanhr
thank you for the suggestions. I´ll remember them.
What about the rest?
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Your side of the conversation seems fine to me. The one suggestion I would make is that instead of "I can hear you" you could have said something like "I'm glad I finally reached you." or "It's good to finally talk to you."
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Hi Pam,
I think our opinion is based upon your description of the conversation, but we don't know how well you know Paul. If this is the first time you talked to this person, or event the second time, I think "finally I could reach you" offers a sense of "impatience" to me. Personally I would just say " Hi Paul, How was your time off. I called a couple of time and learned that you were on hol
I think our opinion is based upon your description of the conversation, but we don't know how well you know Paul. If this is the first time you talked to this person, or event the second time, I think "finally I could reach you" offers a sense of "impatience" to me. Personally I would just say " Hi Paul, How was your time off. I called a couple of time and learned that you were on hol
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Hi Disumexpress,
nice suggestions, thanks! I would have never said "I learned that" in this case, now I know that it´s possible. "To take a look at the mails" is American way to say "to have a look at the mails"?
I know Paul, it wasn´t the first time I called him, I hope he didn´t feel impatience from my words....maybe he didn´t
nice suggestions, thanks! I would have never said "I learned that" in this case, now I know that it´s possible. "To take a look at the mails" is American way to say "to have a look at the mails"?
I know Paul, it wasn´t the first time I called him, I hope he didn´t feel impatience from my words....maybe he didn´t
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Pamela81By "ans we shall get in touch next week" I mean that I will call him or he will write me, I did not specify how we will get in touch.Is this wrong?It's not wrong, as I said in my original reply your side of the conversation was fine. You didn't say anything impolite or inappropriate.
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