Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Do you find it easy to make conversation with new people you .. more …
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Small talk is often dreaded many people. It is seen as the awkward part of all conversations. Small talk comes before a drawn out conversation or is just a small conversation in .. more …
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Brighten Their Day with a Power-Packed ComplimentCompliments are an effective conversation starter. When you compliment someone, they listen to what you have to say because they love to .. more …
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Talking with friends and associates is always a lot of fun. That’s why most people are more conversationally comfortable with friends instead of strangers. Friends are easier to talk with because “friends” understand each other’s verbal syntax. When you understand how to effectively use verbal syntax you can create conversations that others will find practically irresistible.
What is syntax? A formal definition is “the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language” For our purposes, we need to understand syntax as it relates to “dialect” officially defined as a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language; and “phraseology” defined as “manner or means of expressing oneself”
