Meeting 14th

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➢ Discusses Plans and suggestions.

English uses modal verbs to make suggestions, and indirect questions or the passive voice to politely request information or point out a mistake.

• NEGOTIATION AND SUGGESTIONS. (Key Language 41.1)

One way of making language for negotiation more polite and indirect is to use modal verbs or the past continuous.

• INDIRECT QUESTIONS.

Indirect questions start with a polite opening phrase. Unlike with direct questions, the verb sits after the subject in indirect questions.

• THE PASSIVE VOICE .

In formal or written negotiations or complaints, you can use the passive voice to be polite and avoid sounding too critical.

➢ Discusses Emphasizing your opinion.

There are many English phrases for politely emphasizing your point of view. These are useful when you are dealing with disagreement in the workplace.

• DISCOURSE MARKERS FOR EMPHASIS.

There are a variety of words and phrases that you can use to make your position more emphatic without being rude.

➢ Discusses Discussing conditions.

English often uses the first and second conditionals for negotiating with clients and co-workers, and the zero conditional to talk about general truths.

• THE SECOND CONDITIONAL. 

The second conditional can be used to discuss contract details. It describes the result of a possible {but uncertain or unlikely) action.

• ZERO AND FIRST CONDITIONALS.

The zero conditional- Use the zero conditional to talk about things that are generally true. The present simple describes the action and the result.

The first conditional- The first conditional uses the present simple and the future with "will" to talk about the likely results of things that might happen. 

• ZERO, FIRST, AND SECOND CONDITIONALS OVERVIEW. 

Zero conditional use the zero conditional to talk about general truths and things that always happen.

First conditional use the first conditional to talk about things that are likely to happen.

Second conditional use the second conditional to talk about things that are unlikely to happen, but are still possible.

➢ Discusses Discussing problems.

English uses the third conditional to talk about an unreal past, or events that did not happen. This is useful for talking about workplace mistakes.

• THE THIRD CONDITIONAL. 

In third conditional sentences, the past perfect describes something that did not happen, and the "would" clause describes the unreal result.

• FIRST CONDITIONAL WITH "UNLESS”.

You can use "unless" instead of "if... not" in first conditional sentences. In sentences with "unless," the result only happens if the action does not take place.

Thank you!