{"id":66,"date":"2013-10-05T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/05\/5-tips-to-improving-your-spoken-business-english\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:47:48","slug":"5-tips-to-improving-your-spoken-business-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/5-tips-to-improving-your-spoken-business-english\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips to Improving Your Spoken Business English"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Use the present perfect for unclear past.<\/span><\/p>\n

The present perfect is a mixture<\/span>, blending the past and the present.
\nYou can use it to announce news<\/span> of your organisations:<\/p>\n

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

Sample sentence:<\/p>\n

Our company has changed<\/b><\/span> the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

(pic source<\/a>)<\/span>
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\n<\/span>What is unclear past?<\/span>  <\/span>It means you have no idea<\/span> when your company did it<\/span>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>2. Use ‘could’ to indicate disapproval.<\/span><\/p>\n

When something is not done<\/span>, when you are angry <\/span>with your co-workers, you can use ‘could’.  How? Read the sample sentence:<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Mr. No-So-Hard-Working could<\/b><\/span> have made more of an effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

What<\/span> does that mean?  It means Mr. No-So-Hard-Working could<\/span> work harder, but he did not<\/span>.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>3. Use ‘will’ to make an offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a mistake <\/span>to use ‘will’ whenever you want to talk about the future.  So how<\/span> to use it?  One of the functions of will is: to make an offer<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Sample sentence:<\/p>\n

<\/a> <\/div>\n
(pic source<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
        Where are you two big guys going?  <\/span><\/div>\n
I’ll<\/b><\/span> give you a lift to the station.<\/span><\/div>\n


\n<\/span>4. Use 3 I<\/span>(s)<\/span> to warn your juniors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which three<\/span>?  I<\/b><\/span>t <\/span>i<\/b><\/span>s <\/span>i<\/b><\/span>mportant <\/span> …<\/p>\n

How to use it?  Do you have any juniors<\/span> who are always late<\/span> for work?  So the sentence sample goes like:<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>I<\/b><\/span>t i<\/b><\/span>s i<\/b><\/span>mportant to be punctual. <\/span><\/p>\n


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\n<\/span>5. Use ‘verb + up’ to mean something positive:<\/span><\/p>\n

There are more sample sentences<\/span> for this one:<\/p>\n

a. More <\/span>and more<\/span><\/p>\n

The global economy is beginning to pick up<\/b><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n

d. Making something new<\/span><\/p>\n

Our marketing team is trying to think up<\/b><\/span> a new slogan.<\/span><\/div>\n

c. Finishing<\/span> something<\/p>\n

There are something we need to clear up<\/b><\/span> before we can move on.  <\/span><\/div>\n

However<\/span>, in business English, there are (usually) three exceptions<\/span> to this rule:<\/p>\n

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

mix<\/span> up, <\/span><\/b>
\nslip<\/span> up, <\/span><\/b>
\n   or <\/span>hold<\/span> up <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

With ‘up’, they don’t mean anything positive.  But on the contrary, they are all negative<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Sample<\/span> sentences:<\/p>\n


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

Don’t mix<\/span> things up<\/span>!<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ms. Careless has slipped up<\/span> on the order.<\/span> (slip up = make a mistake)<\/p>\n

Workshop Not-So-Good has threatened to hold up <\/span>the production. <\/span><\/p>\n

(pic source<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Use the present perfect for unclear past. The present perfect is a mixture, blending the past and the present. You can use it to announce news of your organisations: Sample sentence: Our company has changed the world. (pic source) What is unclear past?  It means you have no idea when your company did it. 2. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FreeGreatPicture.com-28679-interesting-material-of-commerce.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"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=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}