Are you the perfect guest?
A British business partner invites you to his/her party. Would you know how to behave? Etiquette expert William Hanson has, as always, wonderful tips for us.
Check the spelling on your computer!
Copy this wonderful spellchecker poem onto your computer and see how many mistakes you can find! You might be surprised!
I halve a spelling checker,
It came with my pea see.
It plainly marks four my revue
mistakes I dew Knot Sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait aweigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
it nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the era rite
it’s rarely ever wrong.
I’ve scent this massage threw it,
And I’m shore your pleased too no
Its letter prefect in every weigh;
And I’m shore your pleased too no
Its letter prefect in every weigh;
My checker tolled me sew.
Test yourself today
How many English words do you know? This vocabulary test from Ghent University’s Center for Reading Research only takes 4 minutes to complete and is fun to do (well, I enjoyed it!). You get your results at the end – and you’re helping scientific research at the same time.
Good luck if you give it a try!
And more differences …
Here are yet more words with different meanings in American and British English:
British American
maths math
motorway highway
pavement sidewalk
petrol gas, gasoline
postcode zip code
Five tips for your next presentation
Most people I work with who have to give presentations are worried about the questions and answers section which they often place at the end of the whole affair. Read this article on tips for handling questions (link to: ezinearticles.com) written by Alan Matthews. You’ll be that little bit more prepared when going into your next presentation.
Five phrases for closing an email
So you’ve decided you don’t always want to use the same phrases to close an email and are looking for ideas.
What about using some of the following?:
All the best
Be well, do good and keep in touch
Best wishes
Enjoy your weekend
Goodbye and good luck
Why not start building your own ‘toolbox’ of phrases you’d like to use?
