Imagine you have to quickly write down a difficult business english word in a meeting. Or maybe a name or email address. Do you struggle to tell the difference between I and E? Here's an easy spelling trick I share with all students that find this hard. They tell me it works great so I want to share it with you too. 

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Imagine you start working in a new company. You meet another senior manager and you want to invite them for a coffee and find out more about what they do. What are the best ways to do this? I share with you 3 natural business English phrases used by native speakers. This snippet was inspired by a recent question from a client.

Advanced vocabulary breakdown:

• To put someone on the spot - force someone into a difficult or awkward situation,like saying yes or not to something.
• It would be great to..
• To grab/get a coffee
• At somepoint

Are you starting a new job where you will be using your English communication? Say hello on LinkedIn and let me know. It would be great to hear from you.

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Have you got an interview coming up? Or maybe you will in the future? Doing an interview can be one of the most pivotal points in your career when you have to use your English. It could literally mean getting the job or not. Here as a guest today to offer their expert insight is Clare Whitmell from Smart English Coach. 

Clare will give you practical guidance and frameworks about how to answer 3 of the most common interview questions:

1. Tell me about you.
2. Tell me about a time when..
3. What are your strengths and weaknesses

Definitely worth the 14 minute listen! 

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This is the 2nd in a series of podcasts dedicated to the things that you want to learn about the most. This was suggested by a listener and I think it's a great topic. I hope it's useful. Thank tsutsu123456 for the suggestion.

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I've noticed recently that connectors are a really important part of expressing yourself in English at work. I wanted to share some thoughts on this and tell you about some of the things Spanish speakers get wrong with connectors.  

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THIS IS AN ANNA WITH 2Ns EPISODE BEFORE I REBRANDED TO CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH. I RECOMMEND STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH EPISODES. 
This episode was suggested by Victor who is a listener and has been a supporter of the podcast for while - thank you for the idea. I chose this one because I thought it would be very useful to you as meetings as something that all of us have to face at work, therefore it's good use of your time to learn the correct ways to talk about them. I really hope you like the episode at the end I've got a word, phrase or structure that hardly anybody uses but everyone should. 

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THIS IS AN ANNA WITH 2Ns EPISODE BEFORE I REBRANDED TO CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH. I RECOMMEND STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH EPISODES.
I've been making a list of some of the things my clients have real difficulty with or mistakes that I see a lot. I want to share them with you so that you can benefit from knowing what they are. I teach both for one of the leading English teaching companies in Spain and I do private coaching I work with many Spanish speaking professionals across a huge range of professions. If you are interested in private business English coaching with me, sign up to my newsletter below where you will be the first to know about my 2022 coaching programmes that I am launching. 

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I've been looking forward to doing this episode for a long time. Nearly all jobs have to work with some form of numbers, figures, data or even emails and telephone numbers but this is something that a lot of people don't ever practice. In this episode I give you a brief overview of some key points to remember, common mistakes to avoid and some surprising differences between English and Spanish. 

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I'm going to share with you some really common questions that you can use to ask in different business situations such as offering more help, asking people to do things, checking if something is viable, double checking etc. Questions are really important in the workplace, we need to get things done and to do that we need to ask questions. Definitely not one to miss. 

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There are different roles in a meeting but leading a meeting is perhaps the most important. You've got to welcome and introduce people, kick off, keep the flow of the meeting going and make sure that people contribute and stick to the agenda. This is nothing new in your own language but in English I know it might feel overwhelming at times when you have 5 people staring at you waiting for the meeting to start. Let me help you with some core vocabulary for each phase of standard business meeting.

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I was inspired to do this episode by a client's comments and my own personal experience trying to navigate phone calls in Spanish. I've put together some essential vocabulary that can help you to answer the phone and make those all important English phone calls. If you are like me It takes practice for it to feel more comfortable so be patient. 

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An episode that has been requested a lot. I hope it's useful. 

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Sometimes the  easiest things can be the most difficult. These little, quick sentences that people use at work for instructions or delegating tasks just seem to flow for other people but you find it really hard. In this episode I'm sharing with you some very common imperative sentences that you are very likely use in a business environment.

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I was speaking with one of my clients the other day and they said: Anna, one thing that I always find really hard is if I see someone in a corridor or the lift and they say "How are things going?"  In the moment I always mess it up . What would sound good to say?

If you run into a colleague in the lift or on the way to a meeting, we could call this a corridor conversation. 

In this episode I'll share with you an quick 3-step framework you can use any time you have this situation.

It should help take the pressure off because you know what to know and make your life easier! 

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I'm sure like my clients you are quite comfortable with expressing your personal opinion but what about when you have to make a general statement? What other pieces of vocabulary do you know apart from "in general"? There is nothing wrong with In General, it's a very useful phrase but in this episode I'm going to show you some more advanced options that you might not have heard before so you can add variety to your speech. 

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THIS IS AN ANNA WITH 2Ns EPISODE BEFORE I REBRANDED TO CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH. I RECOMMEND STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH EPISODES.
Ask is a verb that has a big return on investment if you can learn to use it properly. It's a core verb and the structures that I talk about in this episode are essential ones that you will have to use at some point. It's worthwhile putting in time to hear what they are and also some common things people do wrong that you can get right. I've been working on these recently with my clients and there have been several "aha" moments where they realised they had been using the wrong structure. I really recommend spending a little time listening to this one. 

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Everybody has one word (or a few) that they find really difficult. I asked you what your most difficult words were and today I am going to talk about them and give you some tips about the best ways to work with them. I'll also share a few of my own!

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THIS IS AN ANNA WITH 2Ns EPISODE BEFORE I REBRANDED TO CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH. I RECOMMEND STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH EPISODES.
These are 5 business verbs that I hear the most mistakes from. I wanted to do this episode after correcting these verbs so many times and wanting to share these with. These ones are common business verbs so definitely worth your time to get them right. Much more worthwhile than learning 10 expressions. Trust me. 

P.s In the episode I said that there were no phrasal verbs on the list - I lied. Hehe. There was one at the end. 

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THIS IS AN ANNA WITH 2Ns EPISODE BEFORE I REBRANDED TO CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH. I RECOMMEND STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT CONFIDENT BUSINESS ENGLISH EPISODES.
Small talk is that time at the beginning of a meeting where you ask people how they are, about the weather etc. Small talk isn't a small deal. It can be a big deal and it can be one of the things that you don't feel confident with in English meetings. In this episdode I guide you through this and give you some key questions that you can ask to start small talk and some example dialogues of how to respond.

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I was really inspired to talk about this topic as it came up in a session I had with a client and I think it could be really helpful to get some perspective on it. I hope that you find it interesting and take something away from it. 

Also at the end of the episode I will be doing a new section called Take Note where I give you a Business English word, structure, or phrase that hardly anybody uses but everyone should.

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Do you want to make fewer mistakes in 2022?

Would you like to be more secure when you speak knowing that what you are saying?

Are you keen to learn common business English phrases?

If you answered yes to any of those then you are going to like today’s episode. I’m going to talk to you about 5 classic business phrases that people often say wrong but you can right after spending  20 minute with me!

These are ones that I haven’t talked about before – fresh off the block as they say.

Also at the end of the episode I will be doing a new section called Take Note where I give you a Business English word, structure, or phrase that hardly anybody uses but everyone should.

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The most requested topic for this week was about Christmas so let's talk about:

• Natural ways to wish someone a Happy Christmas
• Vocabulary for going on holiday and taking time off
• Christmas parties!

I hope you enjoy and don't miss the bonus tip at the end! Anna

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There are so many quick interactions like picking up the phone, interrupting someone but maybe you are thinking...what is the best way to do it? The most natural way to say it? And, how can I avoid any mistakes? Well, I'm here to help. I've come up with this list of Must-Know phrases that you can use in a variety of business situations. In total I talk about 21! 

I hope it's useful and enjoy! Anna

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I know you would prefer to avoid saying something wrong. It's going to make you feel much more confident if you know what you are saying is right, even if it's a difficult conversation. 

As a senior manager you will have to talk about HR topics a lot; recruitment, onboarding, leave, pay, team management etc. I want to train you on the most important vocabulary to help you navigate these conversations and help you avoid a lot of common pitfalls.

A lot of you have written to me and asked me to talk about this topic, so here you go!  By the end of the episode I'm going to train you on key vocabulary related to:

• Interviews
• Recruitment
• Pay
• Types of leave
• Benefits and perks
• Leaving a company

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Prevention is better than cure! Learn these top common mistakes with prepositions to avoid them yourself. I've hand-picked this list from my years coaching and if you avoid these ones you will avoid MANY of the mistakes people make. I also tell you a bonus structure to add to your vocabulary at the end.

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Recently a lot of my clients have wanted to practice how to give brief project updates so I am going to share with you 4 examples of how you can do this including when things are going really well and when things are not going so well! 

By the way, I completely appreciate that I am a native speaker so for me it is easier to say things faster. The idea of this is not to pressure you into speaking very quickly or make you feel inadequate if you can't say these things in 20 seconds...it is just to give you some practical ideas that you can use yourself. 

As always I share you little tips and guidance about common mistakes and some vocab that no other students use that will make you stand out!

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Let me tell about the most natural ways to express happiness at work and some common pitfalls to avoid. You will learn different vocabulary that you can use in these situations:

• You like an idea or situation
• You are happy with something
• Giving positive feedback
• Happily accepting an offer
• Happily agreeing to do something + adding a condition

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In this episode I will show you how slightly changing your vocabulary can make a big difference into how a phrase or sentence comes across or is understood in a business context. This is a really useful tool when working in English with certain cultures that use a less direct approach to get things done or when you need to navigate a tense or sensitive situation in English. The first part to this series you can find at episode #102

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Get a bit of variety in your vocabulary and learn some new words that you can use instead of change! I'll also reveal one verb related to change that I have NEVER heard any student use. Find out what it is and you can be in on the secret.

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As much as we would like, sometimes we have admit responsibility and say sorry when things go wrong. Maybe it is a client, customer, colleague or boss. How do you approach this situation in English? And how can you do it in the most professional way? In this episode I give you concrete phrases that you can use to give a genuine and professional apology at work. 

• Give the apology
• Offer a reflection
• Solution for the future

P.S I've focused on phrases to use when speaking rather than writing so, please bear that in mind. There are different phrases we would use for apologising in writing and when saying it to someone's face.

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It's that time again! You have to share your performance meeting. How do you navigate all the vocabulary? How do you make sure it is clear and you don't beat around the bush?

In the 3rd episode of the series we will focus on verbs using to describe decreases. 

By the end of the episode you will know:

• What are your best friends you can use time and again
• The most common outliers - what they mean and how to use them
• My 4-step performance results framework - save time and stress in your next meeting.

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Learn even more business phrasal verbs to help you at work. Recently, I said a phrasal verb with together and thought that I would like to teach it on the podcast. These phrasals verbs are not too difficult to understand but SUPER USEFUL and common at work. I've put the translations below to help you:

*TRANSLATIONS*

1. Throw together - improvisar/hacer algo a la carrera
2. Put together - montar/unir/conectar
3. Scrape together - juntar
4. Stick together - estar pegados/mantenerse unidos
5. Get together - reunirse
6. Come together -unirse/anuar esfuerzos/empezar a funcionar
7. Bring together - juntar/unir

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Being able to make your English less direct when required is an important part of speaking English internationally. Different cultures have different ways of doing things but you need to be able to adjust when needed. Being too direct could put people off, make it more difficult to build relationships and just sound a little rude, even though I'm sure that would never be your intention.

The 1st in a mini series of this topic I give you some quick tips about how you can soften your English if you need to. In this episode we will look at:

• Using Could to form polite suggestions
• Using Wouldn't in negative sentences
• Using Might/May for desires

I hope it's useful! Anna

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Let's continue our look at business phrasal verbs that student hardly ever use that are great to know and understand or even try it out in the next business meeting! Recently, I've been obsessed with phrasal verbs with "through". Through in a phrasal verb has a few meanings such as communication such as put through, get through (telephones) but in today's episode I want to look at two meanings which are experiencing difficult situations and completing or finishing something.

I'm going to take you through (see! there loads with through!)

1. To go through
2. To push through
3. To rattle through
4. To run through
5. To see something through
6. To sit through
7. To waltz through

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Acronyms are a business person's best friend. They save us time so that we don't have to say all the tricky words, which can be handy from an English learner point of view.

We use them in writing and also in speaking however there are two important things to take into account. 1) Is the acronym spoken? Not always. 2) How do we say the acronym? Sometimes we say it together and sometimes we say the letters individually. There are also rather frequent mistakes to avoid that are common for Spanish speakers.

I go through a selection of the most common business acronyms and answer those two questions for you. Here are the main ones we are going to talk about so that you can follow:

ASAP, KPI, FYI, COB/COP, EOD, ETA, WFH, SEO, CEO, CFO, COO, CMO, CTO, ROI, NGO, SWOT.

I hope it's useful! Anna

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Today I share with you an exercise that I really like to do with my students as it's one of the most common things that you might be asked to do if you work on a project with English speakers or where English is the common language. 

I've also touched on some really nice vocab that you can use to avoid using the same-old stuff like "at the moment", "so far", "in the future. A little bit of variation is good!

I suggest you get a pen a little notepad or take some notes on your device of the vocab that could be useful for you. 

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I continue my series of "What I would really say...". Here are some natural expressions to use at each stage of arranging a meeting at work. I've done it from the perspective of speaking rather than writing. In written form it might be slightly different.  

I've been working on this a lot with my students recently and wanted to share this with you. If you want to practice by yourself, bring up your own schedule and pretend to arrange a meeting with yourself.

Enjoy! Anna

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We continue looking at conditionals in a business context. Today we touch on the 1st conditional (or future conditional) whatever you prefer! 

This is a structure that you might potentially have to use if you are working in English  on big project teams, making decisions based on realistic situations. 

I give you some real examples in context with a situation that is very current to what is going on in the world of business today.

Enjoy! Anna

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Have you ever had that feeling where you  want to ask a question but you hesitate?

You aren't sure if it's right, you're overthinking and then by the time you building up the courage the moment is gone! Then you think, why didn't I just ask the question.

First of all, I get it. When you ask a question you have to put yourself out there. It's dangerous territory. They might not understand you, they might ask you to repeat, you might feel stupid. 

That's why I believe being able say the most common questions will help you feel more confident. You will decide to go for it rather than holding back.

I'm going to run through a list of the most important ones today. This is an interactive episode. You will get a chance to put your learning into practice straight away. 

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This episode was inspired by a student (Thank you, Pablo) who said "Anna, there are loads of business expressions in English with the word "ball". I hadn't really noticed before but he was absolutely right and I thought, that would make a great episode. So, here it is! Enjoy. Anna

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If you run international meetings in English or you want to learn how to do it then this episode is going to be great for you. I'm going to talk about a few things that people don't normally talk about:

• How to set focus in a meeting
• How to stop someone going off track
• How to delegate actions

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We talked about the 3rd conditional when expressing mistakes and regrets in business, now let's move on and tackle the 2nd conditional in a work context.

I'm sure you will be used to the "If I won the lottery, I would buy a mansion" example but there are much more uses of the 2nd conditional other than talking about these types of very unrealistic situations.

In the episode I'll talk about how we use the 2nd conditional for:

• Business problems
• Thinking about potential trends and impacts
• Negotiating

In 15 minutes I can only touch on each of those areas. To use conditionals well takes a lot of repetition and a bit of practice. The best part is there are rules to follow.

Enjoy! Anna

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On my Instagram you voted for the next episode to be about phrasal verbs

In this episode I have chosen 4 business phrasal verbs that use the preposition "down". The preposition down can mean a few things but one the main categories is to reduce. 

Remember we can sometimes find logic in the phrasal verb by looking at the preposition. So, here are the 4 we are going to look at:

• To tone down - reducir el tono
• To whittle down  - reducir
• To play down - restar importancia a
• To put something down to  - atribuir

I hope that you find this useful. Rememeber that it's just as important to understand these as well as to use them so that the next time you are in a meeting or on a phonecall you can figure out what someone is trying to say.

Enjoy! Anna

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Bored of saying "I'm busy" when someone asks you how work is going? This episode is for you. 

I always warm up at the beginning of any sessions by asking the question "What have you got going on this week?" or "Tell me what your week is like."

 I like to do this because immediately it's get the person focused on telling me about a very common thing we talk about at work which is our schedule and workload.

The majority of them will answer something like "really busy", "very busy", or "busy as usual" and it got me thinking, why not different options to spice it up a bit? To spice something up is to make it a bit more interesting.

In this episode I tell you about some natural responses and answers to having:

• A lot of work
• Not a lot of work
• An easy task
• A difficult task

Enjoy! Anna

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Last year a colleague gave me a book called The Mental Game of Poker by Jared Tender (Thank you, Juan!). I thought, but I don't need to know anything about poker...?

Anyway, I gave it a read and found it really eye-opening in terms of the way to look at improving a skill, such as speaking another language.

I'm going to share with you the part that really resonated with me and helped me understand why I ask myself "Why do I feel like I'm not making any progress? I've been speaking Spanish for  4 years and I some days I feel like I've never spoken a word before"

The ideas in this book gave me some perspective on that. I've shared it with my students and now I want to share it with you too.

Enjoy! 

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What is a dump? Funny word actually. It can mean where you put rubbish i.e a rubbish dump. If you've spent any time on Instagram recently you likely have also seen the expression "photo dump".

I'm going to take that concept and apply it to business idioms. Here are the first round of 10 exceptionally useful English business idioms.

In part 1 we are going to look at 7 business idioms for Communication.

• To touch base
• To be in the loop
• To be out of the loop
• To loop me in
• Give me a shout
• Give me a heads-up

As I've always said, idioms and expressions are for generally more for understanding rather than using. Learn these ones and you know what people mean when they are talking to you and as a more advanced step, include them in your vocabulary.

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So many of my students tell me they are SO SCARED to ask questions in meetings. They sit there wanting to ask a question in English but instead of doing it they stay silent and send email afterwards!

Let's try and break that cycle today and look at how to ask indirect questions in a meeting. Why indirect questions? Well, because we use these a lot in formal meetings when we want more information but want to ask in a polite and professional.

However, there are are some REALLY IMPORTANT rules to follow because they do not have the same structure as direct questions.

We are going to talk about these 5 indirect questions:

1. Do you have any idea…
2. Do you know…
3. I was wondering…
4. I’d like to know…
5. Could you tell me…

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Do you want to feel more confident speaking in front of your colleagues? Do you want to develop more of an executive presence but you still feel quite nervous or not prepared enough? Today I invited public speaking expert and coach Nick Hampshire onto the podcast to share his practical guidance with you. The 3 main areas Nick covers are:

• Key steps you should talk if you lack confidence right now
• What to do if you feel concious about not sounding engaging when you speak
• Important mindset shifts to help you on the road to improving this invaluable skill

I hope you can take something away from this. Here are Nick's contact details if you want to reach out:

Nick Hampshire, LinkedIn - Public Speaking Coach

Nick Hampshire, Instagram
 

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The 3rd conditional. The worst of them all! The one everybody loves to hate. Well, that's try and change that. See the conditionals as a way to express yourself at a higher level. If you stop and notice, we use the conditionals a lot, including at work.

When we are talking about what we would have done differently, what we could have done if we had more time or more budget and how we are going to use this learning in future work and projects.

In this episode I introduce the conditional and go through an example. Here is the text and the sentences I use in the podcast. This is a more difficult one so you might need help to follow it. 

Text

Sony launched its cassette recording device known as Betamax in the mid 1970s. It lost the battle for market share to JVC’s VHS technology because other products were cheaper, but Sony didn’t stop making Betamax tapes until 2016, long after it was relevant to most of us, who didn’t even realize it was still in production.

Sentences

If we'd had time, we would have been able to do it.

If Sony had stopped making tapes sooner, they would've saved money

If Sony had had better marketing, they would've sold more

If Sony hadn’t lost market share, they would've been more successful

If Sony’s products had been cheaper, they would've sold more

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