You want to improve your English, or Business English, right? But, do the following happen to you? You have learned a lot of vocab, but somehow you can’t use them at your presentations or talk to friends who are westerners. Or, You have tried very hard remembering sentences in English, but when you talk, you still […]
Only Two Ways to Agree (with someone)? Do you know how many? How many what? How many ways are there for you to agree with your coworkers? Well, there can be lots of ways, right? But to make English easier, you may group them into 2 ways only. Which two? To agree with Baby Verbs […]
A. When you do a presentation in English, are you afraid that you may do it with wrong grammar? When you chat with a new co-worker, will you say something like: ‘Where are you come from?‘, which is wrong, absolutely wrong. There is an easy way to make you speak English with confidence. How? […]
Summary: The post is about how to make sentences with reference to finite and Non-finite Verbs, which in the funny terms of this post are named Big Verbs (finite) and Small Verbs (non-finite). As in some languages such as Asian ones the ideas (or concepts) of finite verbs do not exist, this post attempts to explain […]
Do you want to stand out at a meeting? Do you want to impress your coworkers? So you probably have to make suggestions, right? Now read the following suggestions. I suggest to enter the China Market. or Our department planned expanded the market share. If you say something like the above, your co-workers will laugh […]
Well, how tall are you? Not a real question! My point is: At a meeting, what can you do if you want to stand out from the rest of your co-workers, or outshine others? How? Make yourself eye catching? Maybe. But if you want to do it with your English, I think there are […]
Summary: This post is about how to make sentences with reference to finite and Non-finite Verbs. As the idea of finite verbs do not exist in some languages (for example, Asian Languages), I attempt to explain it in a funny way: a crash of two cars (verbs). In a way, this post attempts to change the way you think about verbs, sentences, […]
If you watch TV or movies to learn spoken English, you must have come across the following: Give me five. However, there was time I heard someone say ‘Give five.’ Is it correct? Are there any differences between Give five and Give me five. In terms of meaning, there is not much difference between the two. […]
Summary: This post is about how to group verbs into different folders so that it is easier, if not funnier, for you to learn verbs in English, Business English in special. In a word, it is also a simplified version of verb groupings from the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (p.361-364). […]
Summary: This post is about how to speak better English with regard to the verb ‘suggest‘, one of the most common words that is used incorrectly. Instead of meeting the difficult term ‘gerund’, you will ‘encounter’ the concept, the idea behind ‘suggest + verb + ing‘. In a way, this post attempts to change the way you think about verbs, sentences, […]
