Communication key to playing a good game in life and on the green
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that not many people notice or care in today’s world. The same could be said for golf. For example, the word 'fine' could be an adverb that we often use in our day-to-day conversation. “How are you doing texts? today?” English belongs “Fine, thank you.” to the Germanic In this reply, we languages, and the are accepting that Celtic language the person we are preceded it. Then, speaking with is in it was influenced by good health. Right? Latin, Germanic and Well, guess what? Scandinavian dialects After 22 years of and finally by the coaching golf, I’ve French. learned this definition There are three is not the same for main periods: Old 17 to 21-year-old English, Middle student-athletes. English and Modern When I ask the English. Through the guys how they are years, across many doing in their math countries and because class, and they are of the millions and doing fine, I know millions of people that they are not doing that have spoken well. They are actually English, there have up to their neck in been many alterations quicksand for that to the language. For class. non-English speaking Through the years people, our language and by coaching is not easy to learn. golf, I’ve learned that Today, especially in there is a proper way the U.S., we have really of speaking English, altered the proper way and then there is a to speak English. As a practical means of whole, Americans do speaking English. not speak or write in An example would English very well, or at be people in the least as intended. We healthcare industry. often hear statements Communication Matters They tend to speak like: way over my head. “Me and Johnny are Get down to eye level to teach a beginning golfer. Years ago, when this hungry.” would happen, I would nod my head as if I understood “That there tire is flat.” what they were saying, then walk away at my first “Them’s some fine lookin’ boots you is sportin’ right opportunity. Now that I’m a little wiser, I reel them in, there.” tell them to stop and ask them to speak to me like I am 6 Eighth-grade grammar has somehow or another been years old. I do this because I have no clue as to what they lost or discarded by many people. But, sadly, the fact is here, they’re & their; to, too and two. Unfortunately, the English language is difficult to grasp. Have you ever read any old English
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