Name: 【如何更有禮貌的說英文】''Excuse me''的正確用法／別再說''I want''！
Uploaded: 2022-04-05T13:23:44.000Z
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surprising things that sound rude in English.

This is from my experience, as well as my

understanding of Chinese, because some of

these are direct translations from Chinese.

difference in tone, but they do make a difference

to how you come across in writing or in speaking.

So the first thing that I've noticed is 'wait'.

I know that in Chinese, it's very common to say

And it's quite polite to say, "Just hang on a second".

But if you tell someone to 'wait' in English

A better translation I think is 'hang on a second'

do come across as a little bit rude in English.

'cause you want the other person to tell you.

So you say, "Tell me when we should meet."

Check something, do something, see this, watch this.

Any imperatives where you're just telling someone

to do something do come across as quite rude.

Please, could you let me know what time we're meeting?

For example, or please, could you have a look at this?

to actually turn the whole thing into a question.

The next thing I wanted to mention is the word 'already'.

So I think in Chinese, it's common to say

Like to express that something is finished.

it also means that something is finished.

There's a bit more emphasis on it's already been done.

Like the emphasis is on, it's finished, it's done.

Like, "I've already done it, I've already seen it."

Which I think is not what people mean to say

Now, 'excuse me', is probably a strange one

'cause you're thinking 'excuse me' sounds very polite.

which it is when used in the right context.

The times that I most frequently hear 'excuse me' used

is maybe on the street when there's a stranger

who wants to ask me something, they'll say 'excuse me'

And it's a very polite way to just open conversation

and ask for something, for some help maybe.

is on the street when someone is annoyed with you.

So let's say that you're standing in the way

or you've done something to bother someone

about how to tell if a British person is annoyed

the phrase 'excuse me' used is perhaps in a big lecture

and again, there's more distance between the speakers.

Okay, so bearing those three contexts in mind

and you want to say, "Oh, let's look at this."

If you say 'excuse me' it can sound a bit jarring

because it suddenly sounds like there's more distance

between you, maybe sounds a bit more formal

So notice again how I've changed it into a question.

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