Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the updraftplus domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home3/yury/mindpowerasia.org/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893
{"id":64,"date":"2013-10-16T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/16\/inside-secrets-to-improving-your-business-english-2\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:45:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:45:46","slug":"inside-secrets-to-improving-your-business-english-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/inside-secrets-to-improving-your-business-english-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Secrets to Improving Your Business English (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/div>\n

How much do you know about English grammar<\/span>?  Do you know that English grammar is sometimes like a hidden face<\/span> behind a mask?<\/p>\n

What does that mean?  It means there are lots of hidden rules <\/span>(or inside secrets<\/span>).  By ‘hidden rules’ I mean you can’t find them even if you read books on grammar.<\/p>\n

(<\/span>pic source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are four<\/span> for you.<\/p>\n

1. Use ‘which’ to give comments <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

Praising<\/span> your coworker:<\/p>\n

Mr Sale: I have just made the biggest sale this month.<\/b><\/span>
\nYou: Which<\/span> is good news for our team.<\/b><\/span>
\n                                    <\/b><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Why<\/span>:  You think ‘which’ is for making questions<\/span> only.  Well, think again.  In English, ‘which’ also stands for the sentence<\/span> your coworker has just said.<\/p>\n

How<\/span> to make it:<\/span> After ‘which’ you may use ‘is<\/span>‘ or ‘was<\/span>‘.  Well, why?  (It is) because you comment on a single<\/span> sentence.  For example:<\/p>\n

<\/a>You and your coworkers are gossiping<\/span> about Mr Rude:<\/p>\n

Coworker:<\/span> Mr Rude was rude to the Creative Director at the opening part.<\/b><\/span>
\nYou:<\/span> Which <\/span>was<\/span> a stupid thing to do. <\/span><\/p>\n

2. Use ‘High \/ Low + Noun’<\/i><\/span> to talk about your products <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

When talking to your customers<\/span>:<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

We sell high<\/span>-end<\/span> video equipment.<\/b><\/span>
\nThough we a a low<\/span>-cost<\/span> airline, we provide good service.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Other examples include:<\/p>\n

a high-quality<\/span> image<\/span><\/b>
\na high-yield<\/span> investment<\/span><\/b>
\na low-risk<\/span> deal<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

               <\/div>\n
(pic source<\/a>)<\/div>\n

3. Use ‘what’ to introduce something big<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

At your presentation<\/span>, when you come to some big points, you may say:<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>What<\/span> we need is more money. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 
\n(
pic source<\/a>)<\/div>\n

You can visualize<\/span> the sentence by breaking it into three<\/span> parts and you use ‘is’ after ‘What we need’.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
\n
Head<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Body<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Tail<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
What<\/span> we need    <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
is<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
more money.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Other examples include:<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Giving advice<\/span><\/span> to your coworker<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
What <\/span>you have to do<\/b><\/span> is<\/span><\/b> <\/span>to choose the right customers.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Introducing <\/span>your project<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
What<\/span> I will do first<\/b> <\/span>is<\/b><\/span> <\/span>to give you an outline of the project.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Asking for <\/span>a holiday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
What <\/span>I would like is<\/span> a 5-day holiday.  <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

4. Use either a linking verb or an action verb<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

What is wrong<\/span> with the following if you use it to start your presentation?<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
I am<\/span> here present<\/span> the proposal<\/b>.   <\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

If you think there is nothing wrong, then think again.  There is a hidden rule in English, stating that you are not allowed <\/span>to put a linking verb and an action verb together<\/span> in a sentence.<\/p>\n

But first of all, what is a linking<\/span> verb?  They are verbs like:<\/p>\n

is<\/span>\/am<\/span>\/are<\/span>\/was<\/span>\/were<\/span>\/been<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

And what are action <\/span>verbs?  Common examples in business English are:<\/p>\n

run<\/span> a business, <\/div>\n
develop<\/span> a program, <\/div>\n
discuss<\/span> an issue<\/div>\n

But why<\/span><\/b> is putting them together a problem<\/span>?  Look at the picture and you’ll see what problem it is:<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

The two kinds<\/span> of verbs crash<\/span> on the Road of English Sentence<\/span>.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>How to avoid the ‘verb’ crash<\/span>: Make ‘present’ not much like a verb so that there is only a linking verb here.<\/p>\n

I am<\/span> here to<\/span> present<\/span> the proposal.    <\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
Well, in English, ‘present<\/span>‘ is a verb but ‘to<\/span> present<\/span>‘ is less than a verb, another not-so-hidde<\/span>n rule in grammar.   <\/span><\/div>\n

Why are there inside secrets in English?<\/span><\/p>\n

And before we are done, you may ask one ultimate<\/b><\/span> question:<\/p>\n

Why<\/span>?    Why<\/span> are there inside secrets<\/span> in English?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n


\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

Well, that is a tough<\/span> one.  There is a reason suggested by Noam Chomsky<\/a><\/span>, a guru of English (or if you like, Linguistics).  He tells us that there are rules in grammar that native speakers of English are not conscious of. <\/span>In other words, somehow they know there is something special <\/span>about English sentences, but they don’t know how to<\/span> say it clearly.<\/p>\n

But again, why?  Why can’t they say it clearly<\/span>?  Well, in a word, it is about the structure of our brains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How much do you know about English grammar?  Do you know that English grammar is sometimes like a hidden face behind a mask? What does that mean?  It means there are lots of hidden rules (or inside secrets).  By ‘hidden rules’ I mean you can’t find them even if you read books on grammar. (pic source) Here are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quick-tips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FreeGreatPicture.com-28742-interesting-material-of-commerce.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}