Tag Archives: Business English

20 Business English Idioms to Talk About Work… and Do a Healthy Amount of Gossip!

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When non-native speakers of English interact with their English-speaking peers, they often feel tempted to use big words and complex grammar to show that they are in their element.  However, the way to wow your coworkers is not to write emails with perfect punctuation or use difficult language, but to use the right language. And(…)


What Exactly is Business English?

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For those of you who aren’t already in the know, Business English is A Thing when it comes to the matter of learning English as a foreign language. Amongst General, Academic, ESP (English for Specific Purposes), and others, there are learners who seek out courses or tutors specifically to learn Business English on the basis(…)


Why English Remains Today’s Lingua Franca: Part 1

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Oh, fellow native English speakers, we hope you won’t object to us tarnishing us all with the same brush here, when we say that there is such an expectation of hearing English everywhere we go, that we are everything from surprised to alarmed when we realise that it isn’t. English is touted as the lingua(…)