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How can you avoid answering the age question not in interviews but when total strangers ask i.e. how old are you?
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∙ 14y ago
If you don't want to be terribly rude, try answering with a smile and a question: "Now, why would you need to know that?" or "I don't think that's really your concern, is it?" Or register astonishment and just ask: "I beg your pardon?" If you consider the question itself to be egregiously rude, perhaps you don't need to worry so much about answering politely. A traditional answer to that particular question is "As old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth."
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Is there a word that means to answer a question with a question?
Yes, the term for answering a question with a question is "interrogative technique" or "rhetorical question."
How do you avoid answering a question?
Have you considering responding with another question? "Why do you want to know?" or just ignore them altogether.
Can you use circumlocution to avoid answering a question?
Clever question with an obvious answer! The tactical purposes of circumlocution are to avoid answering a question. I.e., talking around a subject, without making or getting to a point would be a good way to avoid answering a question. However, because your question was categorized under Law & Legal Issues, you should be forewarned that a court or investigating department might have an issue with such a tactic, if used to avoid legal questions; and they might have --- or find --- reason to dock you for trying. Better advice: check with your attorney.
Could you use circumlocution to avoid answering a question?
Yes, because the prefix circum mean around and it will mean to go around the question which means to avoid it.
What is a sentence using the word avoid?
"I took the long way to the mall to avoid traffic." "She tried to avoid being hit by the basketball." "To save time in the store, I avoid talking to other shoppers." (We were trying to avoid answering that question.)
Can you use circumlocution to aviod answering a question?
Yes, it is possible to use circumlocution to avoid answering a question directly. This technique involves speaking or writing in a roundabout way, using excessive words or tangents, so as to not provide a straightforward answer. However, this can be seen as evasive and frustrating for the person seeking a direct response.
Why would someone avoid answering an interview question?
It depends on the person. Sometimes they might avoid telling a lie, or sometimes they want to avoid telling something that might make them look bad. Sometimes they feel that a question is too personal, so they don't answer it.
Do most people that know the answer to a question but does not like the question simply avoid the question all together?
I would think so. People don't want to waste their time answering such stupid questions. I'm only answering this one because I feel sorry that you didn't already know this.
What is a sentence for the word tactfully?
I'm having difficulty answering that question tactfully. The captain of the ship tactfully tacked in time to avoid a collision.
What is an example sentence using the word avoid?
I was trying to avoid answering this question. Let's all try to avoid having any traffic accidents today.
What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on?
When answering the question about things to improve on be truthful and stay positive. Avoid talking about negative things and keep the answer short.
Can circumlocution help avoid answering questions?
Yes because mars is a planet and pluto is not.
