What are the benefits of using "correct" English in the business environment?
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Well, first of all, the more educated you sound when you speak, the more credible you will be.  It will also make you sound more intelligent, and people will be more likely to respect you.
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Correct spoken English:\n1. looking up words in the dictionary\n2. ask if you have no idea how to speak\nFluent speaking of English:\n1. Listening to the news on TV & radio - this is very helpful.\n2. Several websites (provided) may help, e.g. http://www.bbc.com\n3. Speaking with others who can speak better is equally important.
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What about proper English composition?
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Could you please use english?
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I can't. First develop of voice chord is different in me, than in Englishman, pretence is different than in English, but it is important people from different language to have conversation, we exploited English Language, maybe better is Esperanto, but people accept English.
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I've to agree with golddigger, you DO command good English than most people.\n\nBoth sounds polite,but if you went with option (b), which sounds just slightly informal, you could probably get that mrs.so&so to talk and reveal more.\n\nGood luck!
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correct yours english first
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Re-phrase and use proper English so you will get the correct answer.
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Are you speaking english?
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you're very good if english isn't your primary language.
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speak english daily is an excellent way.
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I don't think so. It's an international forum so a lot of people's english isn't that great. It doesn't really bother me too much on here but it makes me crazy when professionals in the workplace don't know how to spell!!
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English with enough blend of managerial jargon .\nThe word which is used the most should be money
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Just ask people(that speak english fluently)  that you are friends with to correct you if they notice you pronoucing or using a phrase wrong or write a sentence wrong.\n\nBTW this flows a lot better. " I'm bad at speaking English. What are some steps I can follow to improve on speaking English?"
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There are works that require to speak another language. Some companies have clients / suppliers abroad the US and require people in their company to speak another language. Not to mention in the tourism industry.\n\nNow, if english is not required to the operation of the business, I still don't see the problem of people speaking in another language, as far as they can properly communicate in english when required. Every worker must be able to communicate in english to others in their company. I am sure there can still be exceptions to this rule and it should be taken in account.\n\nImagine a company that needs an expert to work for them and their only options are people from abroad, non-english speakers. Should the company stop hiring someone they need until this person learns english properly? I don't think so, the company I worked for before was in a situation like this. Such cases should be justified though.\n\nMy point is, a strict rule of "english only" ain't exactly the best solution, at least from my point of view. Circumstances and business goals should be taken in account without neglecting the fact that english must be always the first option to communicate among workers and with clients / suppliers.\n\nI feel at times that there are chauvinist arguments that seem to forget every possible business scenario and how it affects their operations.\n\nBye
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If you are looking at migrating to English speaking countries, you'll have a better chance if you read and write better English!\n\nIt would be to your benefit as well because it will be easier for you to integrate and easier to find a living.
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I can answer only part of the question (Yahoo answers, pls feel free to claim back half a point from my score!).\n\nActually, many native speakers DO make mistakes when speaking in this way - particularly where there is a 'false' candidate for the subject - e.g. 'Foreign investment in many states of the US has been growing in recent years.'  Here some native speakers' 'automatic grammar system' can be fooled in fast conversation into applying a plural verb because of the 'many states', which is plural.\nThe bit of your answer I can't really answer is how to help you get it right instinctively every time.  However, as many native speakers are sometimes 'tripped up' by this in fast speech, there is nothing for you to feel too bad about if you do too.  Unlike many (less educated) native speakers, you are at least aware of the explicit rule and will always be able to correct yourself - either in speech or in writing.