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Letter: Interruptions – more tips for the resistance (2)

Published 27 March 2018

From Philip Welsby, Edinburgh, UK

When I taught medical students I passed on several tips when it comes to interruption. I told them it is grossly impolite to do so mid-sentence. If you must interrupt, do so while the speaker is taking a breath at the end of a sentence. That is why politicians are trained to take breaths mid-sentence – Margaret Thatcher used this a lot and was hardly ever interrupted.

Issue no. 3171 published 31 March 2018

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