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Please don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.

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Sentence

Narrator

Please don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

Please don't interrupt when others are speaking; it's impolite.

Describing Habits

In meetings, I make a conscious effort not to interrupt others.

Asking About Others

Do you find it difficult to avoid interrupting during conversations?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If we all interrupted each other constantly, nothing would get accomplished.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Kindly refrain from interrupting while another person is speaking.

Casual

Hey, let's try not to interrupt each other, okay?

Simpler English

Don't interrupt when someone is talking.

Phrases to learn

interrupt someone

To break into someone's speech or activity.

while someone else is speaking

During the time another person is talking.