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Author Bowen, Tim.

Title Build your business grammar / Tim Bowen
Published Hove : LTP Business, [1997]
©1997

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 MELB  428.2402465 Bow/Byb  AVAILABLE
Description 96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Contents note continued: 2.4.Not the Usual Routine present simple and continuous -- 2.5.Computer Problems necessity -- 2.6.More Problems advice -- 2.7.What a Mess! prepositions of place -- 2.8.The Root of the Problem comparing -- 2.9.Recruiting Staff the most common words -- 2.10.Suggesting what to do negative questions -- 2.11.Being Tactful modals and modifiers -- 2.12.Yet More Problems have something done -- Section 3 Business Travel -- 3.1.Talking about your Job question formation -- 3.2.Changing Plans present and past continuous -- 3.3.Out and About fixed expressions -- 3.4.Rail Travel questions -- 3.5.How to get there the imperative, prepositions -- 3.6.Air Travel adverbs -- 3.7.At a Trade Fair first conditionals -- Section 4 Facts and Figures -- 4.1.Talking Figures numbers -- 4.2.Symbols numbers and symbols -- 4.3.Change and Development past simple and present perfect -- 4.4.Reporting Changes past simple and present perfect -- 4.5.Looking at the Figures comparatives --
Contents note continued: 4.6.Forecasting future expressions -- 4.7.Rough Figures approximating -- 4.8.Room for Manoeuvre being deliberately imprecise -- Section 5 Presentations -- 5.1.Describing a Process present simple active and passive -- 5.2.Describing a Product present simple active and passive -- 5.3.Describing Current Trends present continuous -- 5.4.Presenting an Argument sequencers -- 5.5.Launching a New Project adverbial linking phrases -- 5.6.Market Study adverbial expressions -- 5.7.Sales Presentation comparatives -- 5.8.Corporate Strategy expressions with have -- 5.9.Interrupting the Presenter question formation -- Section 6 Phone and Fax -- 6.1.Getting Through could and ̀ll -- 6.2.Telephone Enquiries responses with ̀ll -- 6.3.Phoning to Check question formation -- 6.4.Faxing a Message modals -- 6.5.Faxing about Orders adverbials -- Section 7 Reports -- 7.1.Chairperson's Report past simple, present perfect -- 7.2.Reporting on a Meeting reported speech --
Contents note continued: 7.3.Business Trip Report reported questions -- 7.4.Sales Report past and present tense review -- 7.5.Minutes the passive -- Section 8 Meetings and Negotiations -- 8.1.Setting the Agenda gerund or infinitive -- 8.2.Outlining Your Position prepositional expressions -- 8.3.Points of View modifying adjectives -- 8.4.Stating your Case summarising -- 8.5.Raising Doubts there is / there are -- 8.6.Decision Making agreeing and disagreeing -- 8.7.Considering Proposals eliminating options -- 8.8.Emphasising a Point need, must, have to -- 8.9.Standing Your Ground verb + noun partnerships -- 8.10.Decisions and Explanations prepositional phrases -- 8.11.Customer Feedback complaining -- 8.12.Getting Financial Backing questions for details -- 8.13.Economic Indicators conditionals and trends
Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Everyday Business English -- 1.1.It's too late there (be) and it (be) -- 1.2.Too much Trouble much and many -- 1.3.Office Talk 1 the ̀ll future -- 1.4.Office Talk 2 would -- 1.5.Work Routines present simple, adverbials of time -- 1.6.Business Idioms 1 prepositional phrases -- 1.7.Business Idioms 2 prepositional phrases -- 1.8.Business Idioms 3 prepositional phrases -- 1.9.Some Useful Information countable and uncountable nouns -- 1.10.Instructions and Suggestions negative imperative -- 1.11.A Range of Colours expressions with of -- 1.12.A Waste of Time more expressions with of -- 1.13.More Office Talk 1 expressions with have -- 1.14.More Office Talk 2 phrasal verbs with get -- 1.15.Doing Business, Making Money do and make -- Section 2 Problem Solving -- 2.1.Problems in the Office fixed expressions -- 2.2.Minor Problems ̀ll and the present perfect simple -- 2.3.Bad News adjectives --
Subject English language -- Business English -- Problems, exercises, etc.
English language -- Grammar -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Genre/Form Problems and exercises.
ISBN 1899396454 (paperback)