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Thanks for the feedback. "I'd like to hear CEO's opinion" probably doesn't mean "I wonder what the CEO thinks about public communication by his/her colleagues

Thanks for the feedback. "I'd like to hear CEO's opinion" probably doesn't mean "I wonder what the CEO thinks about public communication by his/her colleagues inside internet forums". I'm reminded English is hard even when I think I have a basic understanding of common speech patterns (parlance?).

tempestn 7y ago
Correct. In fact, even the second phrasing, "I wonder what the CEO thinks..." could easily be interpreted as expecting a response. It seems you'd have to really bend over backwards to avoid that, perhaps explicitly saying something like, "Obviously I wouldn't expect him to respond here, but I'm curious whether the CEO shares this view." Or something like that.