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Offering to ask someone

them towards someone who does probably have that information the marketing manager you might notice that at the end of this tag question I said would you like me to ask him I'm...

Course: Speaking with ease every daySection: Ways to say “I don’t know”Subtitles: en

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can direct

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them towards someone who does probably

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have that information the marketing

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manager you might notice that at the end

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of this tag question I said would you

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like me to ask him I'm just kind of

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offering this out of kindness maybe the

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other person will say oh no I can ask

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him that's fine but if you want to just

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have an extra added polite layer you can

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offer would you like me to ask him and

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I'll get back to you now let's take a

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look at some casual daily life ways to

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say I don't know these expressions all

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have slightly different implications or

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feelings so let's talk about each one in

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detail

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why didn't Sarah come to the party last

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night no clue not a clue

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you don't need to add the tag

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expressions on to the end of these

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casual phrases because you don't really

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need to go out of your way to say oh

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well I'll find out and get back to you

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no you just simply don't have the

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information notice also the body

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language that goes with these casual

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expressions no clue not a clue you

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probably shrug your shoulders that means

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you raise your shoulders up and down a

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little bit no

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