Deciding and choosing
Decisions and judgements
Note the collocations in bold in these emails between colleagues.
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Hi Rita,
Have you made a decision yet about the new job? It must be difficult. It’s such a big decision to
have to move to London and everything. I always put off making decisions till the last possible
moment. I bet you’re the same. I detected a slight hesitation in your last email. Are you having
second thoughts? Anyway, let me know.
Paul
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Dear Carl,
You’ve probably heard that the management have taken the decision to close the Madrid office.
There was a lot of discussion, but apparently it was a unanimous decision in the end. There’s
always been a degree of uncertainty surrounding the future of the Madrid office, but let’s just
hope this will now be seen as a wise decision by everyone.
Elizabeth
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Dear Mary,
After weeks of hesitating, it seems Matt has arrived at a decision about the research fund. He’s
going to increase it by £10,000. I think that’s a sensible decision that combines generosity and
sound judgement. But he’s also defending his decision to close down the San Antonio project,
which is losing a lot of money. However, he’s reserving judgement on the Berlin project until he
gets more reliable information.
Nick
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