From: Erin N. (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 17:13:14 GMT
>Erin
>
>I have found that people who start a sentence with:
>
>"Not trying to be difficult but"
>
>Or the other popular one is:
>
>"I don't want to offend you but"
>
>mean to do exactly what they are stating they don't want to do.
>
>I have trained myself over the last few years not to start any sentence
>where I make a statement that has a but in it. If I am going to be
>difficult, or want to offend I just come straight out and do it.
Maybe you shouldn't assume it because
it wasn't true. If you find that assumption to be valuable
maybe you can make the reasons for it
more accessible to me. (yes now I am being
difficult :-)). I honestly don't understand what you want to
be made accessible and how you want it done.
I said "not trying to be difficult" because
I thought it seemed like you thought it was
obvious. It's not clear to me. Honest.
Erin
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