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Originally Posted by mercuryrising  Or someone will ask me about something and I'll give a non-committed answer, just in case I happen to be wrong. |
You can answer by another question that can lead to the answer. You can say,
- "I don't know, but I think Joe does", and call Joe.
- "I don't know and I don't care: why anyone in the world would want to know that???"
- "Maybe it is...", "I'm not sure but...", "If..."
These are the three techniques I use a lot, but the second
I use a lot of "maybe" actually when I know I'm more than 90% right but I want the other people to check by herself, I do that a lot with my subordinates. They know there is 95% chance I'm right, but the decision based of the information is on their hands, they better check! Or ask another question (I actually make them "answer by another question that can lead to the answer") to make me validate when I see they have understood.
If you want to give an answer but you might be wrong, you can say "I might be wrong, but..."