5 question phrases to sound more polite.
In mails or on the phone, I’m sure you will have read/heard natives use the following when asking about something/for information. Often they don’t want to come across ‘too direct’ or maybe the situation is…
Write like a native
10 Latinisms for your English correspondence
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: “10 Latinisms for your English correspondence” Maybe you remember that line in the classic Monty Python film “Life of Brian” – “What have the Romans ever done for us?”. In…
2 simple tips for your mails.
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: 2 simple tips for your mails. When starting mails to people you know well and are on first name terms with them, imagine you are actually talking to this person either…
Black Friday 50% off deal
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Black Friday 50% off deal Why waste time on the net looking for ‘How to’ information, when the ‘Workplace English Toolkit’ WET has everything in one place in the ‘How…
Mail Mastery. ‘helfen’.
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Mail Mastery. ‘helfen’. Writing mails in English brings a whole bunch of difficulties with it, register (formal/informal), grammar, intercultural aspects. In my Mini Mail dictionary, I’ve collected some of the…