Correcting Grammar in Video Interviews

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One of the most difficult things to do as an interviewer is correct the grammar of the person that you're speaking with. See, right now, I just did a grammatical error, I said speaking with, rather than with whom you're speaking. Certain grammatical errors are so common that they aren't even worth correcting, for example most of us, including me throughout this discussion use the word 'they' instead of saying he or she, because 'they' just is much smoother than saying he or she, he or she, he or she. But there are certain grammatical errors that people make from time to time that just make them sound less intelligent than they really are, and your job when you're interviewing someone is to make them sound like they know what they're talking about. Now there are two types of people who will make grammatical errors. People who have a hard time with the language in general, and people who are just not thinking clearly when they're giving the interview. If someone falls into the first category, there's not much you can do. You just have to accept the fact that the person doesn't speak the language that well, and the viewers will understand this and take that into consideration when they're listening to the audio. However, if the person really is someone who should be speaking correctly, then it's your job as the interviewer to kindly correct that person. And the way that you do it, is rather than saying, hey, you messed up with your grammar, you say something like, could you please repeat that phrase and then you repeat it the right way. If you do that, chances are your subjects will repeat your phrase as you said it without even thinking about it, and that way you can correct grammar without actually pointing out what you're doing.

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