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Why native English speakers fail to be understood in English – and lose out in global business

2 June 2016 by Hilary Trick Leave a Comment

This fascinating article confronts a developing issue for native speakers (US/UK/Australia etc.) as English becomes the world’s standard business language – all the idioms and slang which we pepper our speech with cause difficulty and confusion on both sides of the English/English divide. There is probably a need for native speakers to start learning business […]

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Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making

6 May 2016 by Hilary Trick Leave a Comment

The English language is full of things which just seem to be there to catch us out (even proofreaders and editors make mistakes sometimes!). Here’s an interesting and lively article which might help you to avoid a few of the more common mistakes that we all make.

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How the English language became such a mess

11 April 2016 by Hilary Trick Leave a Comment

This very useful article by James Harbeck explains how we ended up with our seemingly illogical English language spellings, but unfortunately has no suggestions about how to make it any easier to learn them! If English is not your first language, you may find that the article helps in understanding some of the complex background […]

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A Language and Writing Resource for Students

3 November 2015 by Gordon Hooper Leave a Comment

This page is where I plan to post useful writing tips and language articles to help students with their work. Watch this space!

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