to discuss a topic

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

Each assembles a panel of students to discuss a topic–sustainability, for example–or shared interest; one recent discussion was led by military veterans in the program.

"It gives children a chance to discuss a topic they are learning with a native speaker.

Both people were granted anonymity to discuss a topic that the university considers confidential.

"Carter is worse," said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a topic of significant internal acrimony within the Obama administration.

Some of these students may feel relieved to discuss a topic so relevant to their lives, while others may feel embarrassed.

In this format you could be asked to discuss a topic, role-play a scenario, respond in writing to a prompt, or engage in a team activity.

Learn to read a person's face and body language to see whether he or she is open to discussing a topic.

One exception would be if this conditional language is part of your original thesis statement and your paper is devoted to discussing a topic that is only a possibility, not something you are stating is definitely the case.

But he was pleased to discuss a happier topic, the camel auction that had been planned for last year.

Officials agreed to speak for this article on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic.

Several hundred scientists from across the globe will gather in Ludwigshafen, Germany, next week to discuss a simple topic: "A hundred years of the synthesis of ammonia".