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Most non-native speakers and even natives get confused when they have to use these two verbs, mainly in the present and present progressive tenses. lay /leɪ/ Browsing the net, I found this enlightening educational summary which explores e-learning and how we can use Open Educational Resources to transform the way we learn. Using e-Learning To Facilitate 21st Century Learning In this slideshare you’ll get an overview of different tools and websites that might be useful for educators who teach online. E-Learning Tools for Teachers In the past few weeks, news seems to revolve around “taxation”. No matter where you live, you cannot escape from being heavily or lightly taxed. You can read about tax exemption, tax measures, policies, and tax reforms. Also there are tax refunds and benefits. Companies do their best to evade taxes and accountants, no offence, give . . . → Read More: Tax issues: To tax or not to tax… Attitudes towards dressing for business have changed significantly over the years. Not long ago, most workplaces demanded suits, ties, dresses, skirts, and other formal attire [1] . But this has changed with the coming of the Casual Fridays or dress-down days which can be extended to other situations as a way to reward employees for good . . . → Read More: Go casual: Dress-down Fridays Going on with our classification, we can mention BUSINESS (NOUN) +NOUN, for instance “a business deal or transaction”, also we may know that the new CEO has in their agenda a “business trip” and a “business lunch”. Some firms will do practically anything to protect their business secrets or investments. Most business partners will come up . . . → Read More: Business English Collocations (Part 2) Starting out… Now, what do we mean by collocation? Collocation is the way we combine words . . . → Read More: Business English Collocations (Part 1) If you’ve been following the previous posts, by now you should know a few key concepts related to doublespeak and its meaning. As we have seen in a previous post, business-speak is pretty common these days, and real meaning are sort of coded into vague euphemisms so as to sound better. Let’s see some other examples. Workers aren’t laid off, they’re right-sized. “The company has undergone a restructuring in the last 12 months”, which in direct business English means . . . → Read More: Doublespeak in Business English (Part 2) In the previous posts we’ve been discussing and analyzing euphemisms. Now, it’s the time to talk about “ doublespeak”. First, let’s see what doublespeak means. Doublespeak (sometimes called doubletalk) is the language which makes the bad seem good, the negative seem positive, the unpleasant seem attractive, or, at least tolerable. It is language which avoids, shifts or . . . → Read More: Doublespeak in Business English |
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