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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asking for a feedback" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression is "asking for feedback" without the article "a."
Example: "I am asking for feedback on my presentation to improve my skills."
Alternatives: "requesting feedback" or "seeking feedback."
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I was asking for a feedback as a way to get meetings.
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Clive Lewis is the head of enterprise for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales ICAEWW) Don't leave it too late to ask for a loan: Feedback from the banks suggests that many businesses leave it too late to ask for credit or additional finance - often less than a week.
When aspiring writer Jay Williams sent the author a letter in 1980 asking for feedback on a short story he had written for an A-Level project, he never expected to get a response – let alone such a blunt one.
Asking for feedback entails a further commitment to the feedback provided in one way or another (e.g. acceptance or provision of reasons for rejection).
If you make a habit of asking for feedback and receive a lot of negative feedback, then you shouldn't just stop asking for it.
The problem with asking for feedback is that a person's feedback will always be biased because he or she will have a different idea of what your work should be.
Asking for feedback is a sign of potential; a desire to grow, change and get better… Telling someone 'you're doing fine' without giving the gift of improvement is a hugely missed opportunity".
After unsuccessfully reaching out to the embassy of the Republic of Turkey, I took the advice of FORBES commenter "toobusytowork" and posted a task on Mechanical Turk itself asking for feedback on a series of blog posts I wrote about my experiences doing jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk.
At RethinkDigg.com, the new Digg team posted a survey asking for user feedback and got more than 3,700 responses in less than a week.
For a more formal approach, lob a simple post asking for feedback and provide a hashtag to collect the responses.
We measure customer satisfaction by asking for feedback on a seven point scale at the time we close a support case.
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