I only have a few minor comments

Formal Polite

What it really means

In feedback on work or writing, this often means "there are quite a lot of changes needed". "Minor comments" can arrive as three pages of corrections. Treat it as a polite way of softening real criticism.

Chinese explanation

在对作业或文稿的反馈里，这句话常表示"要改的地方其实不少"。所谓"小意见"可能是整整三页修改批注。把它当成软化批评的客气说法就好。

Example conversation

A: I only have a few minor comments on your draft. B: Great! A: I've attached a document. It's twelve pages.

A：你的初稿我只有几点小意见。 B：太好了！ A：我发你个附件，一共十二页。

What you could say back

“Thanks — I'll work through them and come back with questions.”

Related phrases

There's room for improvement It's not quite what I had in mind Good effort

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