Oh, I just realised that I didn't explain the most important thing - the difference between 'I see where you are coming from' and ' I see where you are going'.

Oh, I just realised that I didn't explain the most important thing - the difference between 'I see where you are coming from' and ' I see where you are going'. The first is more of an acknowledgement that I have understood the premises that your argument is based on. I may use this expression to indicate that I now agree with you, having understood your premises, or it may indicate that I am going to argue against your premises - 'I see where you are coming from, but your premise that we are losing market share as a result of the project is false - statistics show...) The second (I see where you are going) is more a way of saying that I have understood the base of your argument, and I know what the conclusion is going to be. Typically people use this to cut someone off before that person arrives at their (now redundant) conclusion. My apologies to everyone else for spamming the list with this finer point of language, but as someone living in a country where my native language isn't spoken, I often wish that people would help clear up my misconceptions, so I'm doing the same thing for someone else.