{"id":59,"date":"2013-11-29T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/29\/five-tips-to-better-business-english\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:43:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:43:24","slug":"five-tips-to-better-business-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/five-tips-to-better-business-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Tips to Better Business English"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>As a CEO<\/span>(or a future one), you have to give reasons all the time, right?  But how are you going to do it in English?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Use To + Verb<\/span><\/o:p><\/span>
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e.g. Our department is going to New York to promote<\/span> our company.<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span>
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Yet, when your clients ask your views on a project, using \u2018TV\u2019 is less than enough.  You have to add an Adjective<\/span><\/i>.  And for easy memory, the whole thing becomes ATV<\/span> (Asian Television).  <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>So when talking about a project, you may give your view as follows:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tip 3: <\/span>To make an announcement<\/span>, <\/span><\/b><\/span>use ATV <\/span><\/b>again<\/span><\/b><\/span>
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\n<\/span>Actually ATV is more useful than you think.  When you make <\/span>an announcement<\/span>, use it again:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We are <\/span>pleased <\/span>to announce<\/span><\/b><\/span> the appointment of a new CEO.<\/b><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Tip 4: <\/span><\/b>To make a contrast, <\/span><\/b>use \u2018It + is \/ was\u2019<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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This one is important for you especially when you want to get promoted<\/span>. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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It was<\/b><\/span><\/span> me who finished all the tasks <\/b><\/span>(within three days).<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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(What does that mean? It was me, but not Mr. or Ms. Lazy<\/span>who did it.)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tip 5: <\/span><\/b>To give new information, use <\/span><\/b><\/span>\u2018It + is\u2019<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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At a presentation<\/span>, you speak a lot.  Well, but how do you make sure your clients get the new information (or your point).  Use \u2018It + is<\/span>\u2019.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/a>It is <\/span>a new market<\/span><\/span><\/b> that we are looking for.  <\/b><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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So \u2018It + is\u2019 is like a glass wine<\/span>, holding something that is new and important<\/span> for your clients.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FreeGreatPicture.com-28771-interesting-material-of-commerce.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":734,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}