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Please Could We Ban This Phrase

 22nd Oct 2023
 
Simon Bucknall

 

Please could we ban the phrase: “I won’t keep you a moment.”

Because it’s manifestly untrue.

#language #phrases #cliche

 In over 20 years of working in international politics and training candidates, I have never seen a more remarkable improvement in speaking abilities in such a short space of time.

 

Ian Marquardt I Director of the European Women's Academy, ALDE

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