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Emails and Prepositions (1): About

Do you have to write lots of emails every day?  Do you think there is some way you can make email writing easier for you? Yes, there is.  One of the ways is to pay attention to ‘about’.  ‘About’ is very helpful. It can help you to do (at least) two things in your emails. […]

Verbs: The American Style (2)

There is a secret to American English.  What is it?  American business people speak with their feet.  How?  How do they do that?   Look at the following pictures. A. Kick Off They don’t start a meeting, but they kick off a meeting.   So your CEO may say: Let’s kick off a new project. […]

Verbs: The American Style

Do you want to speak better American English?  But before you can do it, there is one thing you must know.  What is it?  What is so special about American English? Believe it or not.  There are actually fighting verbs in American English.   FIGHTING VERBS What fighting verbs?  Verbs that fight.  You don’t get […]

How to emphasize

When was the last time you present your proposal, chaired a meeting, or chatted with your teammates?  How good was it?  Did your coworkers get what your main points were? You may wonder: Are there any better ways of emphasizing your ideas?   Yes, there are four ways.     Way 1: Use 2S (So & […]

A secret between verbs and subjects

Summary: What you are going to learn is probably one of the many secrets in English: the method of going left.  That is, first, you learn why ‘Tomorrow will go to office’ is wrong, through a sense of humor.  Then, you get the method of making good sentences.  Whenever you see a verb, go left […]

How to make better sentences (from simple ones)

If you want to improve your English, both spoken and written, there is one thing you must know: how tomake better sentences from simple ones.  Watch the coming video and find out how to make better sentences from the following two (a situation in which you have to apologize in public): I have made a […]

What you SAY is what you GET

Do you know what is wrong with the following four ‘don’t’: At your office 1. I don’t want to be late. At your restaurant 2. I don’t want the restaurant to give away my table. At your tennis court 3. I don’t want a double fault. At your home 4. I don’t want to argue. What […]

Five Tips to Better Business English

Tip 1: To give reasons, use TV (To + Verb)  As a CEO(or a future one), you have to give reasons all the time, right?  But how are you going to do it in English? Use To + Verb e.g. Our department is going to New York to promote our company. Tip 2: To give a […]

Business Small Talk (1): Are VS Come

When you have a small talk with your customer, when you want to know where he or she is from, will you say something like: Where are you come from? You may still get an answer from your customer, yet he or she will think that you speak strange English. How strange is it?  You […]