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Friday, August 27th, 2010Never before in history has a single language been as widely used as English. The number of English users in Asia alone is more or less equal to the number of Native English speakers worldwide: 350 million, more or less the combined populations of the United States, Britain and Canada. The advent of the Internet [...]
100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Now that Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for the plague of misspelling, here are the 100 words most often mispronounced English words (“mispronunciation” among them). There are spelling rules in English even if they are difficult to understand, so pronouncing a word correctly usually does help you spell it correctly. Several common errors [...]
English Grammar Correction Online – Free, Quick and Efficient
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010With communication taking a leap from telegrams to text messages and from letters to e-mails, written English grammar has only become worse. Correct grammar can still be found in some official messages – that should be formal as well as semantically and syntactically correct. Communicating via the written word is a crucial part of human [...]
Useful Business English Exercises to Help You Get Ahead
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Whether you’re writing a resume, conducting a phone interview, or presenting a proposal, your success in the business world hinges upon your ability to effectively communicate your ideas. Since the English language remains difficult even for native speakers to navigate, we’ve compiled a list of helpful resources and exercises for non-native English speakers to reduce [...]
The Commonest Punctuation Error of 2008
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Of all the punctuation errors I saw this year, the most prevalent offender was this one: View the original here.
Test Your Business English
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Download this PDF file Here are 50 tests that are useful in checking a person’s business English skills. Answers are included are the end of the test.
English Grammar Lessons
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010Study these grammar lessons to improve your business English. View the original here.
Students Can Learn English with English-at-Home.com
Friday, April 30th, 2010Students can Learn English grammar, vocabulary, verbs and speaking with games, a blog, and more. View the original here.
Grammar on the Web: Some Rules of Thumb for Business
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Say you’re the CEO of a business and your project manager comes to you with his proposal that will be going out to investors, business partners, and potential clients. Then you find that your manager has used “4” instead of “four”, “r” instead of “are”, and abbreviations such as lol, atm, and idk. How would you [...]
Put the Ticket(s) in the Envelope(s)
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Erik wrote to me with a problem involving awkward writing. “I am hoping you can give me feedback on something I run across frequently in my job at a bank. Many of our procedures and forms use what I call ‘parenthetical plurals’ — for example, ‘Place the ticket(s) in the basket.’ When these parenthetical plurals [...]
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