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 […]
Summary: This post is about how to negotiate well with regard to the differences between ‘can‘ and ‘could‘. You will learn how to negotiate with others by giving them more ‘space’, which means you are more polite. Do you have to negotiate a lot? When firm A offers you a price, do you have […]
Does this happen to you? You prepare well before a presentation. Yet, when the real thing comes, you can’t speak a word. You wonder why it happens to you. ‘Why me?’ Well, you don’t have to be sad. If you have a higher level of language proficiency, will it make much difference to your career? […]
Do you know that ‘I am agree with you’ is wrong? By ‘wrong’ I mean it is ABSOLUTELY WRONG. If you speak or write this kind of English, you are going down. But how can you write and speak better English? —————————— First of all, you have to understand what’s wrong with ‘I am agree […]
Do you know that? What? Native speakers of English like using ‘LIKE’. And they, especially if your friends and coworkers are young, use ‘LIKE’ a lot. For example, do you know what Janet means? And in the ball a guy came to me and I’m like ‘Who are you? Do we know each other?’ So […]
Is English your mother tongue? When you talk to your coworkers or friends, do you speak fluently? Or, do they (who are foreigners) understand what you say. If not, you probably have to know the difference between two things. Which two? ‘TO versus ING’. Still don’t get it? Read the two sentences: 1 I […]
Are there lots of gossip around your office? Does Mr. or Ms. Nosy always talk about you? How can you get rid of him/her? Well, I don’t have answers to them. Yet, what I have is to discuss grammar with you regarding gossiping. In other words, gossiping can help you learn spokenEnglish. How? Read the following […]
When you talk to your coworkers and customers, do you use the verb ‘discuss‘. If you use it quite often, then you have to be very careful. Why? There are always traps waiting for you. What traps? There is one for you now. Watch out! We discussed about the project (on marketing). The sentence […]
