Language of Meetings. Tip #8: Agreeing / Disagreeing
Once other people in the meeting
have expressed their opinions, you can react by agreeing or disagreeing. Here
are some appropriate phrases for this purpose – again, based on degree of
strength.
Strong agreement:
I completely agree.
You’re absolutely
right.
Normal agreement:
Exactly!
That’s just how I see
it.
Partial agreement:
Well, it depends.
I agree with you up
to a point, but…
(this means that you agree with
some of the opinion, but not all of it)
Normal Disagreement:
In English, saying “I disagree”
can be a little too direct, and may be considered impolite. Use one of these
phrases instead, to disagree diplomatically:
I’m afraid I disagree.
I’m not so sure about
that.
I see it differently.
Strong disagreement:
Finally, here are some phrases
for disagreeing strongly. The words “I’m sorry” make the phrase more polite.
I’m sorry, but I
completely disagree.
I’m
sorry, but I don’t agree with that at all.
