V rubrice Business English vás seznamujeme s nejdůležitějšími pravidly moderní anglické obchodní korespondence. Autorkou rubriky je Dalice Trost.
Sometimes people get confused about when to use capital, or upper case, letters in English. Here are some guidelines to help you.
Idioms abound in English. In this series I am not providing comprehensive lists (I don’t think I could). I’ve focussed on the most commonly used ones. As well as some idioms, I’ve also listed some commonly used sales and marketing expressions.
In English we use many idioms. But what is an idiom? According to my Concise Oxford English Dictionary an idiom is ‘a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words’.
When we write essays in an academic setting we are usually answering a question that has been set for us. At work, when it comes to business reports, we may also be given a question to answer, or directions to follow.
Last week I gave you a list of nouns you can use when writing reports. Here are some verbs.
English is a rich language with many different ways to express the same thing. One of the main reasons we use different words at different times is because it makes our writing more interesting.
Different types of reports include some common structural elements. There are no hard and fast rules, and the information here is to guide you.
We all like to read writing that moves smoothly. Clunky writing, or writing where we have to think about the relationship between sentences or paragraphs, slows us down.
A few more differences. Remember, neither version is ‘wrong’. They are just different.
Continuing on from my last tip, here are some more differences between UK and US English. Please remember, neither version is ‘wrong’. They are just different.
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