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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Here are 40 tips for improving your grammar and punctuation.
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40+ Tips to Improve Your Grammar and Punctuation
Monday, August 11th, 2008 After all these years you finally have the courage and opportunity to write the e-mail announcing that you and you alone have single handedly saved the company from utter disaster. You’re excited, you type it, you spell check it, and you hit send.
Everything is great except that your gold star memo has dangling modifiers, […]
Business English
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Offering practical skills-training for business English learners, such as writing business letters, public speaking for business presentations, learning to . . .
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Bloopers in English
Friday, August 1st, 2008Download this PowerPoint file
This 26-slide, illustrated presentation asks you to identify the blooper in one slide, and provides the answer in the next slide.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008An extensive guide to grammar and writing with a wealth of materials to use and enjoy.
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Business English Grammar Lessons
Friday, July 4th, 2008These lessons will be useful to anyone teaching business English.
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What Is Your Vocabulary Level?
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Click on the answer that best defines the word.
If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.
For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
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Fewer , Not Less, People Speaking Proper English
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 The best teacher I ever had was an English teacher at Dominican High School in Whitefish Bay, way back in the 20th Century. No offense to two gentlemen living in Oshkosh who taught me at Marquette University before coming up to UWO. You were good, also–just not number one.
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Sending the “Wrong” Message with Quote Marks
Monday, November 5th, 2007Yesterday an art director wrote with a request for validation that she is correct. Copywriters who submit their work to her have been using quotation marks to emphasize words. But she believes that the marks have the opposite effect–that they, in fact, undermine the message. Is she correct?
Yes.
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Cite Your References, Please
Monday, October 1st, 2007In business writing classes I often hear questions like these: My boss says never to use a comma with and. Is that correct? My manager says never to start a sentence with but. Is she right? Our newsletter editor says never . . .
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