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Aspects of Grammar to Be Pointed Out When Teaching Commercial Correspondence and Business English
Aspects of Grammar to Be Pointed Out When Teaching Commercial Correspondence and Business English

Author(s): Nora Tomoşoiu
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: commercial correspondence; business English; grammar; modal verbs; conditional clauses

Summary/Abstract: The present article highlights some of the important aspects to be taken into account when teaching commercial correspondence and business English. The most important points that the paper discusses are related to the use of modal verbs, to the ways in which they can be mistaken for other structures (like auxiliary verbs for instance), and to the ways in which students can be taught to grasp the respective meanings correctly. Also, traditional language structures are compared to the new, modern uses of some of these modals.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 29-34
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English