Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 539

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  Hi there, this is Harry.

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  Welcome back to Advanced English Lessons with Harry.

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  And in this particular lesson, we're going to focus on more formal English,

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  formal business English,

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  and we're going to look at communication collocations or collocations dealing with communication.

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  Okay, the first is to back up an argument.

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  So when we back up... an argument, it's about support.

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  Okay, so back up in this situation means to support.

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  So if you've got an argument, or a proposal,

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  a proposition, or something you wish to put forward,

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  or you have put forward at a management meeting,

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  what you might be asked is to back up your argument with facts.

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  Well, can you back up that argument with facts?

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  When did this happen?

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  How did it happen?

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  Who was involved?

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  Yeah,

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  so you can't just make a statement without having something to back up your argument.

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  So if you're suggesting that the campaign should be run in a different way,

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  then you need to back up that suggestion with facts and figures as to how you believe your idea is better than the idea that's been put forward by one or other of your colleagues to back up an argument.

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