Do you know what the most common mistakes in business English are? There are 4 that you can’t afford to make. Well, not just the mistakes. You will be given reasons why people make it and of course, ways to avoid making it yourself. Mistake 1: Use ‘to+verb’ After Suggest Now you are having a big meeting with […]
1. Use the present perfect for unclear past. The present perfect is a mixture, blending the past and the present. You can use it to announce news of your organisations: Sample sentence: Our company has changed the world. (pic source) What is unclear past? It means you have no idea when your company did it. 2. […]
1. To be polite, use past tenses: Talking to your customers: Did you have a visa card? Talking to your boss: I was wondering if I could talk to you. (pic source) Why: Past tenses create a distance between you and the one you talk to. Check out the distance between you and your […]
Do you want to speak better English at your office? Yes, of course. But do you think it is possible for you to make it? Yes or no. Why? It all depends how much you know about English. What does that mean? It means how English functions, or how you use it to say what […]
Does this happen to you? You prepare well before an interview. Yet, when the real thing comes, you can’t speak a word. You wonder why it happens to you. ‘Why me?’ So what are you going to do to save yourself? (pic source) Well, you don’t have to be sad. If you have a higher […]
This summer I went some kind of diving in Bali with my family. When we were done, I talked to a diving coach, in English. We chatted and chatted. Yet, all of a sudden, something popped into my mind. What is that something? In our conversation, I found something, something that is unique to most Asian languages. What […]
Directory (5): Grammar for Spoken English (3) 3 posts to ‘power up‘ your spoken English. Give me Five (1) Summary: This post is about how to speak better English with regard to the common phrase ‘Give me five‘. You will learn that ‘Give five’ is absolutely not English as you can group verbs into two kinds, […]
Directory (4) Grammar for Spoken English (2) 4 posts on how to speak better English (in your daily & office life) Discuss or Discuss About (1) Summary: This post is about how to speak better English with regard to the verb ‘discuss‘. In this post, you will learn to correct one of the mistakes in spoken English: […]
Directory (3) Grammar for Spoken English (1) Six posts on how to speak better English (in your daily & office life) (1) Catch me if you can! Summary: This post is about how to make sentences with ‘if’. The post helps you enhance your language proficiency by helping you understand how English sentences work. Using […]
Directory (2) Grammar for Presentations Grammar for Presentations (1): Good VS Well + Complex Sentences Summary: This post is about how to make sentences with linking verbs (i.e. is). Yet, instead of using some difficult, if not dry, grammar terms, the post offers you a funny and interesting way to learn how to make long sentences […]
