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English
Language Skills - Introduction |
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Is this book for you? |
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you know that in many exams and assessed schemes you lose marks
if your spelling, grammar and punctuation are wrong? |
Did you know
that, if you are applying for a job and you make mistakes
in your letter or application form, sometimes an employer
will not bother to interview you?
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Did you know
that, when you have got a job, people get fed up with you
if your English language skills are no good?
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Did you know
that it is not too late to do something about it?
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you want to improve your English language skills, this book
is for you. |
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What will you learn from this book? |
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book will remind you of the basic rules of spelling, grammar
and punctuation - those things which you half learnt years
ago, or have forgotten; perhaps even some things which you
never learnt at all, but now need to know. |
You will be able
to use it as a reference book to look up odd points which
you cannot quite remember, or always get wrong.
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It will not try
to teach you complicated rules about how to write English
in a fancy, literary style. It will not use difficult words,
like subjunctive or past participle; it will use terms like
nouns, verbs and adjectives. It will not try to teach you
the more difficult rules of English grammar; if you follow
the simple notes in this book, your grammar will be acceptable.
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business and office world requires clear, accurate English:
that is what this book will help you to learn, or relearn. |
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