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We're going to talk about 10 ways to give criticism.

So let's go.

What do you think about the first expression is what do you think?

About what?

Bob LA.

What do you think about something?

Something.

So you say, What do you think about?

And then you suggest a change to the item you're criticizing or to the work you're criticizing.

So what do you think about blah, blah, blah?

You're giving advice or you're giving a suggestion.

So, for example, what do you think about removing some of the effects?

I think it would be better if I think it would be better if I think it would be better.

If so, try to make this shirt.

I think it would be better if blah, blah blah.

So again you suggest a change.

So ah, something you think is an improvement or would be an improvement to the current work or to the current situation in a sentence.

I think it would be better if you made the video shorter.

I'm not sure I like.

I'm not sure I like.

I'm not sure I like So you can say this is sort of like an unsure feeling and, I don't know, feeling about a certain worker, a certain situation.

So I'm not sure I like this.

I'm not sure I like that.

And you can point to or mention a specific thing you dislike.

Or maybe you don't like very much about the situation or about the work in a sentence.

I'm not sure I like this part.

How about if you the next expression is?

How about if you blow Baba?

How about if you do something?

So how about a few?

And recommend a change.

So recommend a different course of action.

Recommend the listener, do something or change something.

So how about a few, uh, order pizza instead of cooking that difficult meal tonight?

It takes too much time.

Or how about if you dye your hair back to its original color?

I think you look nicer that way.

So give some suggestion.

Give your advice.

After this expression, how about a few?

It's a little bit soft but it's a good way a soft way to give your criticism in a sentence.

How about if you include Maur information about your project?

You could improve this by the next one is quite a direct way to give criticism.

So you might hear this.

Maybe from a teacher or ah, Professor Or maybe an editor of some kind.

Like you could improve this by you could improve this Bible blah blah, so I would use the Jarron form of the verb.

Here you can improve this by changing.

You can improve this by adding you can improve this by subtracting something like that.

So using the gerund form of the verb, there could be good eso This expression suggests this work, the situation, whatever you're discussing, could be better.

This or the speaker thinks it could be better and they're suggesting how to make it better.

So you could improve this my talking slower.

You could improve this by cooking some interesting side dishes to accompany the meal.

For example, in a sentence, you could improve this by explaining in more detail.

Have you thought about have you thought about have you thought about is a good way to kind of another soft way to give criticism to give a recommendation to the listener.

Like, have you thought about spending a little more time on this project?

Or have you thought about studying this topic a little more in depth?

Or have you thought about talking to this person?

So give your criticism as a light suggestion.

Have you thought about blah, blah, blah in a sentence?

Have you thought about adding some images to your presentation, for example?

So that's a way to give constructive criticism.

Maybe you could.

The next expression is maybe you could maybe you could bubble blah.

So maybe you could again, very soft suggestion away to give some more constructive criticism.

So, ah, for example, maybe you could Maybe you could write this in a different font.

Or maybe you could prepare this in a different software.

Or maybe you could call a little earlier next time, for example, so again, a very light suggestion.

But it implies criticism.

That thing's the situation could be improved.

And another sentence, Um, maybe you could share with the marketing team for some more specific feedback.

I think you should.

The next expression is I think you should.

I think you should.

I think you should.

Is just a useful opinion phrase or a useful recommendation phrase.

I think you should go home or I think you should stop drinking.

So these air small criticisms, right?

Like a little bit of criticism, something the speaker thinks can be improved.

You should go home.

We should stop drinking.

You should exercise more These air small criticisms a little in a way.

So I think you should is a very easy way to give constructive criticism in a professional setting also.

So I think you should think a little more deeply about this planner.

I think you should talk to your team about this project.

For example, in another sentence, I think you should revise this section for clarity.

This sucks.

Now let's go to a couple of expressions for criticism that are very rude.

Until now, up until this point, I've talked about constructive criticism.

So how to explain?

You think an improvement is possible, however, to criticize without being constructive, just to criticize just to make a negative comment?

These are a few ways to do it two ways.

I'll talk about the next one is this sucks.

This sucks or that sucks.

That sucks as well.

Sucks.

Does not mean like to pull air from one place to another.

Theo.

Expression this sex that sucks.

It sucks.

Means it is very bad.

The situation is just is not good.

It's a very, very casual, very direct, somewhat rude phrase that expresses criticism.

So if you are unhappy with the situation, you could say this sucks about the situation.

Like my train is late.

The sucks.

I'm late for work now, or my boss forgot to pay me.

This sucks.

So something that just is not a good situation.

We can use it in that case.

But you might also see this on TV, especially in like reality TV shows to express criticism for, like, show contestants.

So maybe you've seen like a cooking show.

Um, where, like the chef, the chef in the show, the judges super mean a super angry the contestant cook.

Something is bad, and they might say this sucks.

So it's a very direct, rather rude expression to express criticism of someone's work, too.

So, like your presentation sucks, or you can use it in past tense that sucked your performance suck today.

So again, very direct.

Very rude.

I would feel very, very unhappy if someone told me that.

Um, but it is an expression you can use.

So if you've heard that like this sucks, especially on TV, that's what it means.

The situation is bad, or something that happened was unpleasant.

Not good.

Very bad.

This sucks in a sentence.

Really?

Mom, I can't go out tonight.

That sucks.

This is not good.

Another one.

That's just It's just pure criticism.

No improvement, Nothing constructive.

Uh, another expression is this is not good.

This is not good.

So again, especially for, like, food or drink, like I've had I drink a beer.

Ah, Couple months ago, there was like, greenish blue colored and the flavor was bad.

And actually, my friends said, Yeah, that beer's not good.

Just there's nothing we can do.

We can't change the flavor of the beer.

It's just not good.

So in those situations you can say on this is not good or no, that's not good.

So, like a restaurant, for example, you can criticize a restaurant by saying, Yeah, that restaurant is not good.

Um, like we can't speak directly to the restaurant and say you should improve your restaurant by doing this in this.

Like, um, just to share a critical opinion, you can say this is not good.

That's not good.

These are not good.

Those are not good.

You can use not good to express just flat criticism, just regular criticism.

In that case, in ascendance, I had a bite of this steak and wow, it is not good.

So those are 10 ways to give criticism.

Some of them, most of them, are constructive ways to give criticism.

Some of them are very casual and direct ways to give straight criticism just to complain.

Essentially.

So think about them carefully the next time you want to help someone improve.

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