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Cultural Note. The simplest way to express agreement with a statement is:






The simplest way to express agreement with a statement is:

Yes; Sure; O.K.; All right; No problem; Of course; Certainly; With pleasure, etc. Yes, it is / does / can, etc. Yes, he / she is /does, can

To agree with a negative statement they say:

No, it isn’t / doesn’t / can’t, etc.

The phrase Yes, of course. But…, is used in discussion and arguments. To make an agreement more friendly, a question tag may be added. Certainly may be included for emphasis.

e.g. A. – We’re very busy at the moment.

B. – (Yes,) we certainly are.

Other ways of expressing agreement are:

I (quite) agree (with you).I think so too. That’s true.

You’re (absolutely) right. You can say that again. That’s for sure.

Yeah, that’s right. ( less formal) Exactly so. Quite so. (formal)

Partial agreement may be expressed by the following phrases:

up to a point

I agree with you in a sense (but…)

in a way

I see what you mean, but…That may be true, but (on the other hand)…

Americans try to avoid dogmatic phrases and expressions of disagreement. Disagreement sounds less formal between friends and the form of it depends on the social status of a person. Disagreeing may be expressed in the following way: No way! Not on your life! Not in a million years! If a person can’t do what he /she is requested it’s better to say:

I am afraid I am not up to it /that.

( Note: «Ни в коем случае!» - No way или Out of question.

Этого лучше не делать. - Perhaps you’d better not do that /It might be better for you not to do that)

(Note: it is incorrect to say: I cannot agree with / go along with you. - Не могу с вами согласиться.

It is correct to say: I don’t think I can /I am afraid I can’t / I don’t really agree with you.

Это не то, что я имел в виду. - That’s not quite /not really what I intended / had in mind / meant / the way I see it).

Other ways of expressing disagreement are:

more formal less formal

I don’t think so. On the contrary. That’s wrong. No way!

I don’t agree. I’m not sure. Are you kidding? That’s crazy!

I have a different opinion.

I’m afraid I can’t agree (with you) (there) milder, more tactful

Not at all.

Nothing of the kind. direct, sometimes abrupt

Nonsense.

Rubbish. very abrupt, possibly rude

(That’s) ridiculous.

I’m afraid / I think you’re mistaken (there).


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