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Ravikumarkargam Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Talked vs spoke
Here is the email I sent to HR manager of a reputed company. In this email I used "talked" instead of "spoke". Could you please verify if this is correct & let me know the reason for using "talked" or "spoke" in this context.
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Dear Steve,
Due to family emergency, I went to India. I will be back in 3 weeks.
I talked to the Interview Panel team and expressed my situation & they were fine with that.
I am willing to take the offer. Please let me know your contact number & convenient time so that I will give a call to you.
I will be available through email for any further communication.
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Regards
Ravi
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Dear Steve,
Due to family emergency, I went to India. I will be back in 3 weeks.
I talked to the Interview Panel team and expressed my situation & they were fine with that.
I am willing to take the offer. Please let me know your contact number & convenient time so that I will give a call to you.
I will be available through email for any further communication.
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Regards
Ravi
Top answer
It's correct in my opinion. Considering talked to/with and spoke to/with , I think that "talked" has more of a sense of conversation than "spoke" does. That is, it suggests a meeting of the minds.
- It's correct in my opinion.
- Considering talked to/with and spoke to/with , I think that "talked" has more of a sense of conversation than "spoke" does.
- That is, it suggests a meeting of the minds.
- However, "spoke" would not be incorrect, especially since you have specifically stated that there was a meeting of the minds.
- " There have been other threads on this subject, and they always seem to generate a lot of controversy as to the differences in usage.
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It's correct in my opinion.
Considering talked to/with and spoke to/with,
I think that "talked" has more of a sense of conversation than "spoke" does. That is, it suggests a meeting of the minds.
However, "spoke" would not be incorrect, especially since you have specifically stated that there was a meeting of the minds. But in either case,
Considering talked to/with and spoke to/with,
I think that "talked" has more of a sense of conversation than "spoke" does. That is, it suggests a meeting of the minds.
However, "spoke" would not be incorrect, especially since you have specifically stated that there was a meeting of the minds. But in either case,
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"Talked" is used when one has a conversation. talked imply that more words was used back and forth resulting in a conversation. I.e " Tim and i talked, he feels bad and will not do it again"
"spoke" is when it's one sided and you're telling someone something/info. I.e "I spoke with Tim, he won't do that again"
But that being said, you have to take into consideration regional diale
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