AEE 2426: Build Connection By Softening Commands in English

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	This is the All-Ears English podcast, episode 2426. Build connection by softening commands in English.
0:09.5	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.6	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing
0:23.1	on connection, not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS
0:29.8	Whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:38.3	And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all earsenglish.com forward slash subscribe.
0:52.3	In some conversations, you want to soften what you say, depending on the relationship and the
0:58.2	context.
0:59.3	Today we give you four options to do this elegantly in English conversations. When you speak English, do people ask what a lot?
1:14.7	Or maybe they tell you you have great English, but you don't feel like you do.
1:21.3	Break free from awkward conversations and shake off that feeling of almost fluent by taking our free two-minute quiz.
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1:37.9	That's allearsenglish.com slash fluency score.
1:47.5	Hey, Aubrey, how are you today?
1:49.7	I'm great, Lindsay. How are you?
1:51.4	Good, good. What are we getting into on All-Ears English today?
1:54.8	I have a question for you. Okay.
1:56.5	When is the last time you commanded someone to do something?
2:00.4	Oh, my God.
2:01.4	Commended Aubrey is a really strong word for a human being.
2:04.1	Maybe my dog to get him to sit and get a treat.
2:06.7	That's a good point, right?
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