Using “no disrespect”

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Mom is

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a better cook than

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you no disrespect dad

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but I think Mom is a better cook than

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you in this example we are almost

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apologizing for the criticism which we

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are about to deliver and in English we

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sometimes refer to this as softening the

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blow okay making the information the

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negative information a little bit easier

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and nicer to deliver as a very British

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passive aggressive way of criticizing

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somebody in our second example my boss

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tore my