Anonymous  +  202212 Wed, 01 Mar 06 07:23 PM hello! This is an extract from the text on negotiation. Can you please see if the underlined expressions are ok? If heated argument leads to tensions and outburst of emotions, it is necessary to do everything to calm the situation down/soothe the situation(?) and to regain positive «win-win» perspective. Thank you Anonymous

	Pgeorgieff  +  202282 Wed, 01 Mar 06 11:06 PM If a sharped argument leads to tensions and outburst of emotions, it is necessary to do everything to calm the situation and to regain positive «win-win» perspective. Pgeorgieff Joined on Sat, Dec 31 2005 Bulgaria New Member 18

	Pgeorgieff  +  202283 Wed, 01 Mar 06 11:08 PM And please, you ask lot of questions, pay attention to following notice: I just want to encourage "anonymous" posters to register and start posting with a screen name.  Answering anonymous posts is a bit like talking to someone who is wearing dark glasses -- except "Anonymous" might be any number of different people!  When I reply to posts, it's much more satisfying to think that I am responding to an individual with a name.  (It's just a suggestion.  Go ahead and post anonymously if you really prefer it that way.) Pgeorgieff

	Demetrius  +  202876 Fri, 03 Mar 06 05:28 PM  Pgeorgieff wrote: If a sharped argument leads to tensions and outburst of emotions, it is necessary to do everything to calm the situation and to regain positive «win-win» perspective. I'd just like to point out that the idiom is "heated argument" and not "sharped argument". You can have "a sharp disagreement", but there is no such word in English as "sharped". Also, there is a singular/plural disagreement in the above. It must either be "...outbursts of emotions" or "...an outburst of emotion". Demetrius Joined on Fri, Mar 3 2006 Junior Member 52 Idioms, Plurals

	MrPedantic  +  202932 Fri, 03 Mar 06 11:47 PM Hello Antonia Maybe: If a heated argument leads to tension and outbursts of emotion, it is necessary to do everything possible to defuse the situation and to recover a positive «win-win» scenario. (There seems to be a lot of jargon in this book. Is it the same in the original?) MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	MrPedantic  +  203383 Sun, 05 Mar 06 04:17 PM "Welcome back", Antonia! MrP MrPedantic