Friday, December 12, 2008

Do "THEY" know the manners?!!!!!!!!




Agreements.

So do I.
Me too.
Neither do I .
I don’t neither.
Who would’nt?
Isn’t he/she/it though!/(Didn’t he/Wasn’t she/Hasn’t it though!)
I’ll second that .
I’ll say !
You can say that again.
Is/Has/Was it ever
You bet!
I couldn’t agree with you more.
I feel the same way you do about it.


*these two expression show agreemwnt with a negative statement:
I don’t really like my scedulethis term.
I don’t either. OR Neither do I.

Disagreement

I don’t think so.
That’s not what I think.
That’s not the way I see It.
I can’t say I agree.
I counldn’t agree with you less.
I afraid I don’t agree.
Probably not.
Not necessarily.
Not really.
I’m afraid not.
I’m not so sure.


Making Suggestions

Why don’t you…
Why not…
Have you ever thought of…
You/We might want to…
You/We could always…
Try….
If I were you…
If I were in your shoes…
You/We should…
Shouldn’t you/we
What about…
What if you/we…
How about…



· POSITIVE RESPONSES
Why not!
Good idea!
That’s an idea.
Sounds good to me.
By all means!
Why didn’t I think before that ?
That’s worth a try.
Thanks,I’ll give it a try.




· NEGATIVE RESPONSES
I don’t think so .
I don’t believe so.
I already thought of that.
I don’t think that will work.
Don’t look at me.
Can I take a rain check?*


*this means, “could we do this some other time?”

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