To converse intelligently with anybody, listen meticulously.
Then make a statement. This is the one step you can skip.
Now ask a question that begins with "why", "how" or "what"; "who", "when" and "where" also work.
That's what it looks like from the outside, at least, when you are genuinely interested. You can practice with anybody, any time, anywhere, of course; or do what I do: practice with yourself, switching between your many Gmail personas in iPhone Mail:
›› Do you aggregate all your email accounts in Gmail and want to reply smartly from the correct address and keep your sent mail organized at Gmail — and do it all in iPhone Mail? Here's how.
Then make a statement. This is the one step you can skip.
Now ask a question that begins with "why", "how" or "what"; "who", "when" and "where" also work.
That's what it looks like from the outside, at least, when you are genuinely interested. You can practice with anybody, any time, anywhere, of course; or do what I do: practice with yourself, switching between your many Gmail personas in iPhone Mail:
›› Do you aggregate all your email accounts in Gmail and want to reply smartly from the correct address and keep your sent mail organized at Gmail — and do it all in iPhone Mail? Here's how.
sounds simple, does it really take an article to get the point across, or have we degenerated that much in the gentle art of conversation? LOL!