Say that again. Remember that it takes a fair bit of skill to say "What?" without sounding rude, so if you are worried about sounding rude, don't use "What?" and don't forget to add please and thank you. Native speakers, however, will often just say "What?". If you are asking a second time you can add "still" or some other modifier:

Be thankful and say so. Take a few minutes every day to thank God for everything you can think of—from hot water, to food, to a roof over your head—and thank people when they do things for you. Psalm 107:1-2 (AMPC) says, Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good…. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so….. This simple practice makes a huge ...

Aug 2, 2019 · By the rules of formal grammar, you are correct. "Repeat" or "again" would be used on the second effort, but not both. The combination "repeat ... again" would be used on the third or any subsequent efforts. The thread Rompey refers to isn't wrong. It is very common in colloquial English to say "could you repeat that again?" on the second effort.

Feb 13, 2019 · Certainly many older English speakers will have grown up being frequently admonished by our parents: "don't say 'what', say 'pardon'". In order from most 'polite' to most 'rude', I'd say these are the various ways of asking someone to repeat themselves.

I want to apologize for some mistake in official mail and want to make them sure I will not do that again. "I will take care of this next time" . or "I will take care of this onwards".

Dec 24, 2016 · (For example, if I say, “The room was very spacious,” is the word very redundant?) Incidentally, the same dictionary defines the idiom once again as meaning “one more time,” so, in that regard, your sentence works fine grammatically.

Jul 25, 2024 · My question is that, do you always say just "come again?" even to older people or ones that you needs to show respect for. For example, Grandpa: ..... Grandchild: Come again? I feel like "Could you come again?" or "Come again, please" sounds unnatural. It seems like "Come again?" is only used for peers or when you talk to a younger person.

Aug 13, 2014 · Yes, the guy he encountered earlier. Whether or not the two introduced themselves to each other in their actual first encounter, when they are introduced to each other at the meeting, they could say Nice to meet you, Nice to meet you--again, Nice to meet you, for real, etc. One sees this situation depicted at times in a novel, movie or play.

Dec 17, 2021 · The term "half again..." means "1.5 times...." and it does not require "...as much/many." Those would only be used when referring to a quantity, like "this jar holds half again as many gumballs as the other jar." But you can certainly use it to compare other things like height, length, mass, etc, etc.

Sep 22, 2024 · When we're bombarded with doubts and fears, that's when we need to take our stand. We don't ever want to say again, "I can't help it." We want to believe and say, "God is with me, and He strengthens me. God enables me to win.