by LynnColeman | Mon 29 Apr 2019 | Blog
There is no such thing as one kind of English. So, even if you use international words, you still have to make a choice which English your company is going to use. In this article you’ll find out if you should use US or UK English for your business. Or if another kind...
by LynnColeman | Sun 24 Mar 2019 | Blog
You probably once learnt that you should use long forms like ‘do not’ when you are writing and ‘don’t’ when you’re speaking. But there’s a bit more to long and short forms in English than that. Scroll down to the end of this article, if you’d like to hear a...
by LynnColeman | Wed 6 Feb 2019 | Blog
Why putting English off can be a sign that you’ve forgotten something important You know, there’s a story I hear all the time when I’m teaching English. It’s the ‘My teacher told me I was no good at English’ story. Or the ‘Everyone laughed at my English’ story....
by LynnColeman | Tue 29 Jan 2019 | Blog
Listening is an important skill. In business it can make the difference between a sale or no sale, between understanding feedback from a client or not, between understanding new information at an event or not and many other situations. So, listening practise is...
by LynnColeman | Wed 23 Jan 2019 | Blog
’No’ is a tricky word in English. If you say “No” by itself, you’re likely to sound irritated or even angry. I call it the Naked No. If a Brit uses the naked No, you can safely assume that you’re in trouble. So what should you do if you need to say ‘No’? Well,...
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