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Weston A.
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Use Clarifying Questions
They will help you to:
- Gut-check our own correction. Hearing another person's reasoning might get you to realize that you are actually the one who's wrong.
- It makes you seem more aggressive and the person that did wrong might accept your help to make the necessary corrections.
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