Despite the popularity of texting and social media, email remains the most common form of written communication in the business world — and the most commonly abused. Too often email messages snap, growl, and bark — as if being concise Read More …
Despite the popularity of texting and social media, email remains the most common form of written communication in the business world — and the most commonly abused. Too often email messages snap, growl, and bark — as if being concise Read More …
During the job interviewing process it’s important to use verbs that precisely describe your duties and responsibilities at your present and past positions. The following list provides verbs that are both precise and commonly used in an English-speaking workplace. These Read More …
Put Something Off If you put something off, you delay doing it. “I put off writing the report until the last day, and now I have to work overtime to finish it!” Take Off If something takes off, it increases or becomes popular very Read More …
Clutter is the disease of American writing,” says William Zinsser in his classic text On Writing Well. “We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.” We can cure the disease of clutter (at Read More …
Writing speeches for graduation, class assignments, or other purposes consists of a lot more than finding a few inspirational quotes and possibly a funny story or two. The key to writing good speeches lies in using a theme. If you Read More …
Congratulations! You have applied for a job and now you are getting ready for that important job interview. Use this page to make sure your English makes a great impression, in addition to your skills. Opening Questions When you walk Read More …
Do you have a hard time finding the right phrase to use in your business letters and e-mails? To introduce the topic of the letter or e-mail, you can say: I’m writing in reference to… [topic] I’m writing to inquire about… [topic Read More …
Another set of homphones that cause confusion includes the words sew, so, and sow. Although these three terms sound very much alike, their uses and meanings are far from similar. This post will present their definitions along with examples so you can identify Read More …
If two words that are homophones (words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling) are already confusing enough for some, imagine if you have three. This is the case with the terms right, rite, and write. Although these words sound the same, Read More …
While waiver and waver may look similar and have identical sounds, they are actually homophones, words that sound the same but have different meanings, spellings, and/or uses. They may be pronounced in the same manner and their spellings are only set apart by a single Read More …