Giving feedback to a colleague · Suggesting how to avoid a mistake

Suggesting how to avoid a mistake in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Suggesting how to avoid a mistake.

Should often gives advice, while have to expresses necessity or obligation. Don’t have to means something is not necessary, not that it is prohibited.

Context: Giving feedback to a colleague. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

You do not have to include every detail from your notes.

لا يلزم أن تدرج كل تفاصيل ملاحظاتك.

However, the figures must match the approved source table.

لكن يجب أن تطابق الأرقام جدول المصدر المعتمد.

You should ask another colleague to check them before submission.

ينبغي أن تطلب من زميل آخر مراجعتها قبل التسليم.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: You do not have to include every detail from your notes.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: ينبغي أن تطلب من زميل آخر مراجعتها قبل التسليم.