AEE 916: Just a Friendly Reminder! 5 Ways to Get Someone ...

By the way, I have a doubt about using the phrase “Just a friendly reminder”. Is that phrase rude? What other polite phrases can I use to ... AEE916:JustaFriendlyReminder!5WaystoGetSomeonetoDoSomethinginEnglish LindsayMcMahon"TheEnglishAdventurer" ViewFullBio MichelleKaplan"TheNewYorkRadioGirl" ViewFullBio EnglishConditionals EnglishExpressions EnglishFluency EnglishGrammar AEE916:JustaFriendlyReminder!5WaystoGetSomeonetoDoSomethinginEnglish March21,2018 Yourbrowserdoesnotsupporttheaudioelement. HaveyoueverusedafriendlyreminderinEnglish? Hassomebodyelseusedafriendlyreminderwithyou? TodaywearetalkingabouthowtogetsomeonetodosomethinginafriendlywayinEnglish. Usuallywhenweareaskingsomeonetodosomethingwedon’twanttocomeoffasbossyorrude. Wedon’twantittosoundlikeanorder,butwereallyneedthemtohandleitforus.  Wedon’twanttonagorfeellikewearebotheringonthepersontoomuch. Todaywe’regoingtoexplainhowtoremindsomeonetodosomethinginafriendlywayandwhyyouneedthisskillforconnection.   Let’sstartwithagreatquestionquestiontoday: HiLindsay! Alongtimewithoutwritingyou. I’veheardyouwereplanningtocometoNicaragua,mybirthcountry(I’mlivinginCostaRica).Ihopeyou’llenjoyOmetepe,it’sabeautifulislandinthemiddleofNicaraguaLake(itsnameisCocibolca).Bytheway,Ihaveadoubtaboutusingthephrase“Justafriendlyreminder”.Isthatphraserude?WhatotherpolitephrasescanIusetoreferaboutatopicthatneedtoberemindedbysomeone?Thankyouforallyourhardwork.ThankyoutoMichelleandJessicatoo.Bestregards,GeovannyMartínez.   Anewphrase: Okaysoagainthisphrase“justafriendlyreminder”comesbeforeweasksomeonetodosomethingthat’simportant-butwedon’twanttosoundtoobossy. Doyoulikethisphrase? Doyouuseit? Whoelsemightuseit? Managerstoemployees,teacherstostudents Maybecoachestoplayers-butitmaybetooformalforthat. Itisusuallyusedinanorganizedsituationlikeworkoradulteducation.   MakesureyouunderstandeverywordyouhearonAllEarsEnglish. BringyourEnglishtotheadvancedlevelwithnewvocabularyandnaturalexpressions. Getthetranscriptsfromtoday’sepisode. LearntospeaknaturallywiththeAmericanaccent. Clickheretosave50%andsubscribetofuturetranscripts!   Let’sgetmorespecific. Solet’sbreakthisdownsothatyoucanfullyunderstandhowitcanbeusedandwhyyoumightuseit. Thereareotherwaystogetsomeonetodosomethinginapoliteway. Canyouremindsomebodyofsomethinginanicebutmoreindirectway?   Hereareacoupleofideasorexamplestoasksomeonetodosomething: Wouldyoumindverb+ing….(wouldyoumindcallingourclientswhenIamaway)**thisisalittlelessofanorder,morelikeinvitingsomeonetodosomething Itwouldbeamazingifyouwouldtakeoutthetrashatlunchtime… Anychanceyoucould…(alsolessstrong) I’dloveitifyouwould… Noticehowsomanyoftheseareconditional. Alsonoticethattheyareindirect,kindandfriendly,andyettheygetthepointacrossinawaythatwillbewellreceived.  Youwanttogetthepersontodosomething,butyoudon’twantthemtobepressuredbyit. Youcouldalsosay: “willyou…”or“please…”?   Takeaway: SorememberwecanuseafriendlyreminderasawayofgettingsomebodytodosomethingwithoutputtingpressureoninEnglish. Youcanaskthemnicelyandbuildtheconnection. Todayyouhavelearnedsomenaturalphrasessotryusingfriendlyremindersintherightcontext. BecarefulwithdirectlyaskingsomebodytodosomethingandcomingoffaggressivelyinEnglish. Alwayssmileandbepositivewhentryingtogiveafriendlyreminder. Ifyouknowhowtousethemandhowtoaskforsomething,thenyouwillalwayswintheotherpersonoverinthebestpossibleway.    Whatquestionsdoyouhavefortoday? Letusknowinthecommentsbelow. EnglishFluency EnglishGrammar EnglishExpressions EnglishConditionals TestYourEnglishLevelNowFreeEnglishQuiz TakethissimplequizandfindoutyourEnglishlevel. 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