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Old 16-12-2010, 08:17
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Why do Apprentice candidates insist on using this really clumsy way of speaking? "I'm a successful person", "I'm not a ruthless person", "I'm an ambitious person", etc.

Why not just say "I'm successful", "I'm not ruthless", "I'm ambitious" and so on?

It's a small thing, I know, but I find the way the candidates always describe themselves, when addressing other people in the series, as "a... person" or "Not a ... person" really irritating.

I never ceasd to be amazed that they are presented as 'Britain's brightest business brains', yet so many seem to have such a remarkably loose grip on the English language.
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Old 16-12-2010, 09:06
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The thing that grated on my nerves was the 'd'you know what' that a lot of them kept saying (mainly on YF).

Alex was the worse - he must have said it about a hundred times.

Is it a common verbal wart now or did Alex infect the rest?
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Old 16-12-2010, 09:07
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Chris must have trumped this in his final plea for the final place though which started off "if you hire me you will get a person who..." and proceeded to do the whole of the rest of his plea speaking about himself in the third person telling LAS what "the person" would do for him
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Old 16-12-2010, 10:01
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Jamie also had a bad habit of starting his speeches with "Listen...."
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Old 16-12-2010, 10:27
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Jamie also had a bad habit of starting his speeches with "Listen...."

Not as bad as the American contestant who started every speech with a very defensive "Look,"
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