Tricky question
Is it ‘nine and five is thirteen’ or ‘nine and five are thirteen’?
Neither. Nine and five are fourteen. 😉
Entschuldigung …
Do you speak English? Do the test on mein-wahres-ich.de and find out! Watch out, though! There are two or three tricky questions that might trip you up. 😉 Good luck!
The differences continue
Even words have different meanings in American and British English. Here are some examples:
British          American
autumn          fall
biscuit           cookie
block of flats      apartment building
bonnet (of a car) Â Â hood
boot (of a car) Â Â Â Â trunk
Would you super-commute?
If you were offered a job many miles away from where you live, would you be prepared to commute? Read this interesting article (link to: bbc.com) on super-commuters – those people who take a plane to work!
8 polite ways to start your next email
In the English-speaking business world, we often start our email messages with an opening sentence to greet our readers before we jump into writing about business topics.
So after the salutation (for example, “Dear Ms Brown” or “Hello Mark”), you might like to choose one of the following sentences:
- How are you? I hope you are well.
- I hope you are happy and healthy.
- We hope all is well.
- It’s a pleasure to be in touch with you again.
- Greetings to you and your colleagues.
- I was so pleased to see you in …
- We hope you enjoyed your trip to …
- Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and are happy to be back.
Do you have any favourite openers?
