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Summer3 Posted 19 years ago
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"Do you understand?" - polite way

0 What is the polite way of saying "01u00Do you understand?02u00"? 02br
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00"Is it understood?" or "Do I make myself clear?" - Can we use these phrases instead? 02br
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02br 02br 00Do I make myself clear = sounds bossy and stern. For example, "If you hit your brother again, you will go to your room without dinner. 0-

— Lil' Ruby Rose

  • 02br 02br 00Do I make myself clear = sounds bossy and stern.
  • For example, "If you hit your brother again, you will go to your room without dinner.
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0Have I explained that okay?02br
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00Are you with me?02br
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00Does that sound okay to you?02br
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00Do I make myself clear = sounds bossy and stern. For example, "If you hit your brother again, you will go to your room without dinner. Do I make myself clear?".0-
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0'Do I make myself clear?' has some kind of implicit tinge of agression in its tone to me. 02br
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00'Do you understand?' is a polite question. 0-
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0 Thank you very much for your reply!02br
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00Best regards.0-
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10'Do I make myself clear?' has some kind of implicit tinge of agression in its tone to me. 12br
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10'Do you understand?' is a polite question. 12br
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10One minor point: Shouldn't it be 'a01b00gg02b00ression'?
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00In my first language, this would not be a polite question because it is assumed that the interlocutor might be not smart enough to understand what I am saying.02br

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0As a native British English speaker, I would hesitate to say this to someone unless I could moderate the impact with my tone of voice or body language. The suggestions I gave earlier are the ways in which I would check if someone had understood what I was explaining.0-
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01cite10Lil Ruby Rose12cite12br
10As a native British English speaker, I would hesitate to say this to someone unless I could moderate the impact with my tone of voice or body language. The suggestions I gave earlier are the ways in which I would check if someone had understood what I was explaining.12br
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0I agree with Lil Ruby Rose. 02br
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00Oops! Sorry, Anon. Your post wasn't there yet when I posted my response, so please don't think I was disagreeing with you in any way.0-
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0One more vote for "Does that make sense?"0-
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11font10<< 'Do you understand?' is a polite question. >>12font12br
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10In my first language, this would not be a polite question10 10 11b
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