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Unhappy? Learn how to complain

Grammatical complaints

Nobody likes to complain — or do you? In business, it’s often necessary to complain, but you don’t want to make any mistakes if you do. And you definitely don’t want to make a mistake if you’re responding to a complaint.

Native speakers: careless about grammar rules

Short forms: the grammar

In informal chat messages, native speakers are often careless when it comes to grammar rules — or they deliberately ignore them to make their messages look how spoken English would sound.
We sometimes go for a drink after work

Expressing frequency simply Premium-Inhalt

Time expressions indicate when something happens or how long it lasts. Here, we look at expressions that tell us how often something happens.

Daily  jog

Expressing frequency simply Premium-Inhalt

In this short test, all you have to do is move around the words to find the correct way to express how often something happens.

You're always late!

Advanced aspects of expressing frequency Premium-Inhalt

Knowing when, where and how to use adverbs of frequency is an advanced language skill. You don't think it is? Then try this test and see if you get 100 per cent!

Adverbien der Häufigkeit
Enjoying the occasional game of golf

Advanced aspects of expressing frequency Premium-Inhalt

Time expressions indicate when something happens or how long it lasts. Here, we look at advanced aspects of expressions that tell us how often something happens.

Must I? Might I?

Modals at work Premium-Inhalt

In this test, we review modal verbs for possibility and certainty. Which modal verb is needed here?
"I'm quite interested in moving into marketing. I might/must apply for the new position that opened up last week."

nochmals durchgehen
Gewissheit
sich bewerben um
Noun? Verb?

Nouns and verbs

I usually avoid talking about grammar in this blog, leaving that up to my colleague Deborah Capras, who knows much more about this kind of thing. But a recent trip to London inspired me to look at the topic of nouns and verbs.
Thema
Get organized on the phone

Discussing plans on the telephone Premium-Inhalt

Imagine that you have to make plans with a colleague in your next phone call. Would you know which expressions to use? Would you also know how to use them in a grammatically correct way?

Now, what did he mean by that...?

Sorry, could you clarify that? Premium-Inhalt

Do you ever have problems understanding what was really said in a meeting? Would you know how to ask for clarification? Complete this statement: "I’m sorry — I didn't _____ that."

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