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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Soft-pedal the issue

Hi

Is the underlined part completely natural?

I knew that strike-call situation was very critical, so I decided to soft-pedal the issues concerned to the other employees.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom Is the underlined part completely natural? No, but the use of 'soft-pedal' is fine.

— CalifJim

  • Mr.
  • Tom Is the underlined part completely natural?
  • No, but the use of 'soft-pedal' is fine.
  • It's the post-modifier 'concerned' that sounds off.
  • soft-pedal the issues to the other employees.
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Mr. TomIs the underlined part completely natural?
No, but the use of 'soft-pedal' is fine. It's the post-modifier 'concerned' that sounds off.

soft-pedal the issues to the other employees.

Add an adjective (other than 'concerned') before 'issues' if you wish.

CJ
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The speaker' posiition is unclear to me. Why does he want to soft-pedal the issues?

Is he
eg a union official?
eg a manager, who is not in the union?
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