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    Actually, after I wrote that I realised that people often do use 'one' as a way to refer to people in general! Just in the context that you wrote that, then it sounded strange. I'm also still not sure I understand the meaning of the sentence you wrote, but that might be because I don't know the situation that its referring too.
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    January 13, 2017
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    yeah, like Andrew's answer below, we don't say 'one' to describe people in general - maybe English people said that 100 years ago! :) Just say 'people' instead.
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    January 12, 2017
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    Hi Salus, I've written your sentences enclosed by *'s, and written a more correct and natural way of saying the same thing below: *I would like to describe "a speaking way" who usually directly speaks to everyone.* I would like to describe a way of speaking that is very direct. *Is there a nature way to say it clearly?* Is there a natural way to say this? we say 'natural way', not 'nature' way. Nature is a noun, commonly meaning trees, plants, animals, the outside world that hasn't been tampered with by humans, etc. *One in his speech often speaks to everyone directly.* We just say: Someone who often speaks to everyone directly. *One in his speech often speaks to everyone indirectly.* Same thing here: Someone who often speaks to everyone indirectly Anyway, now to answer your question! Questions number 1a: We can just say that someone speaks very directly, or say: 'she is very direct'. If you think that someone is rude (like the example you gave), or that they speak too directly about sensitive matters, e.g. a friend dying, you can say that they are very blunt. Just like the same 'blunt' in a 'blunt knife'. So saying someone is blunt is often more negative than saying that they are 'direct'. Being direct can be a positive thing. But being blunt is often negative. But blunt is sometimes used in a non-negative sense as well in other contexts. I won't burden you with too much explanation (unless you ask) - I think you will be able to tell from the context. Question number 1b: We can say that someone is indirect. When we think someone is being too indirect, we can say: ' stop beating around the bush and get to the point!' Question number 2 Not sure about a word describing the personality of someone who often implies things when he speaks, rather than saying everything directly. Maybe I don't know this word!
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    January 12, 2017
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    December 27, 2016
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    Hi Salus. In this context, you can use both 'in' and 'on'. So both A and B are right. But C is not good grammar because you need to have the indefinite article, 'a'. Hope that helps!
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    December 24, 2016
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