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Also, talk about your needs instead of their faults. Instead of saying, “You did the opposite of the plan we discussed,” say, “I need you to communicate more so we know we’re on the same page.”
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Explain to your coworker that the project is important to you, and you want to make sure you both see things the same way, says Dachis.
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While you probably regret the mistake, you should take it as an opportunity to discuss the thing that was bothering you.
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In Mark’s case, his sense of smell was poor and he had no idea he was overdoing it. All it took was one person letting him know, and the situation was solved.
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They’re also afraid of losing their job or of making the situation worse.
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Instead of avoiding an issue, Dachis says you should put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
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Madonna has visited Princeton / *Einstein has visited Princeton. /means that X has died is only appropriate at a time when the addressee would not yet know that X is dead./ If it's Hot News, use the Present Perfect; but if it's Old News, simple past.
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If I were you.../ It is technically correct since "the subjunctive mood is used to express a wish or possible situation that is currently not true."
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John and Marsha's house was robbed last night. / I'm not a fan of 1995 to 2005's music scene at all. / The plants were eaten by the man next door's cat
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For singular nouns that end in -s, the possessive is formed by adding -'s, The boss's car. [boss's sounds like bosses]
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For nouns that are plural, the possessive formed in writing by adding an apostrophe after the plural -s. The boys' books [boys' sounds like boys]
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The easy way to tell which is technically correct is to substitute he and him for who and whom, then rearrange the word order to see which sounds right.“Who were you speaking to?” becomes “You were speaking to he” — which is clearly incorrect.
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"That" is a conjunction in this type of sentence. (In "the cat that jumped over the wall", it is a relative pronoun.) It is in general OK to leave out the conjunction "that" now and then, as long as no ambiguity arises.
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Peter tasted the wine (that) his mother bought for himPeter tasted the wine that/*() had cost only 12$.
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He ate a green apple."Green" does not begin with a vowel sound, so we use "a".
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If my colleague is new to the company, I write "see you there".
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If my colleague tends to arrive a few minutes late, I lean towards writing "see you then".
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"See you there" focuses on the location, while "see you then" references the meeting time.
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While building your first product, keep your costs low. Work out of your own apartment.
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