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back to top words today 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 blah blah blah 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 are 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
short i think it would be better if blah
blah blah so again you suggest a change
so
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 work or 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
how about if you do something so how
about if you and recommend a change so
recommend a different course of action
recommend
the listener do something or change
something so how about if you
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 looked nicer that way so
give some suggestion give your advice
after this expression how about if you
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 more
information about your project
you can improve this by the next one is
is quite a direct way to give criticism
so you might hear this maybe from a
teacher or a professor or maybe an
editor of some kind like you could
improve this by you could improve this
by blah blah blah so i would use the
gerund 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 um so
this expression suggests um
this work the situation whatever you're
discussing could be better
this or the speaker thinks it could be
better and they are suggesting how to
make it better so you could improve this
by talking slower
you can 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 as
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 blah blah blah so maybe
you could again very soft suggestion a
way to give some more constructive
criticism so
uh 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 things the
situation could be improved in another
sentence
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 uh
phrase or a useful recommendation phrase
i think you should go home or i think
you should stop drinking so these are
small criticisms right like a little bit
of criticism uh something uh the speaker
thinks can be improved you should go
home you should stop drinking you should
exercise more these are small criticisms
a little in a way so i think you should
is a very easy um way to give
constructive criticism in a professional
setting also so like i think you should
think a little more deeply about this
plan or 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
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 uh does not mean like to pull
air from one place to another uh the
expression this sucks 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
ah this sucks about the situation like
my train is late this 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
judge is super mean and super angry the
contestant cooks something and it's 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 sucked today so again
very direct very rude i would feel very
very unhappy if someone told me that
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 uh in a sentence really
mom i can't go out tonight that sucks
this is not good uh 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 uh especially
for like food or drink like i've had a i
drank a beer a couple months ago it was
like
greenish blue colored and the flavor was
bad and actually my friend said yeah
that beer is not good it's 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 ah this
is not good or no that's not good so uh
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 and 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 a sentence 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 uh
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