What happened to
you the last time you did a presentation? Did you get tongue-tight? Did you prepare well but did not know what to
say? Did you have some big ideas to
talk about but ……
Well, actually
there are 3 patterns, practical and
useful, for you:
Pattern
1: that + ‘sentence’
e.g. The CEO suggested that we cut the
cost on marketing.
Pattern
2: followed by Verb+ing
e.g.
We will consider meeting the deadline (suggested
by your company).
Pattern
3: person + to+verb
e.g.
The bank manager advised his frontline
staff to be polite.
In this post you will learn more about Pattern 1.
Pattern 1 (that + ‘sentence’): When to
use it?
So you may think pattern 1 seems
easy. But the point is: when to use it? When you have something that is loooooong, when you have an idea, you take this pattern. (Well, of course, make
sure your idea is a good one!)
So examples of ideas that are loooong
and good may be:
that we are
going to change the world
that our
company is going to dominate the market
that the
product will be a hot item for the next ten years
that we are
going to change the way (customers think about smart phones)
Verbs that Go
with Pattern 1
Well, you’ve got the gun, I mean the sentence
pattern. But you still need one more thing. What is it?
Obviously, you need bullets, or verbs that you can use to go with this pattern. There are quite a lot, but for the purpose of
business, there are (usually) 6 bullets:
admit accept
suggest promise
explain claim
