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how business english is different from general english?
english is my second language so please briefly explain.
Salman,
In truth, the language is the same, but the vocabulary and the forms of the letters and documents differs. Sometimes in business English, there is technical language or legal language related to the industry in which the correspondence is written. Generally, business English is more formal than the English spoken to friends and neighbors, but less formal than the language used in academia.
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Leslie
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Twenty years experience in instructional design: writing courses in technical and non technical fields. Worked in documentation and presentations of complex technical and non technical information, business writing, and presentations. Trained in Information Mapping methodology.
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BS and MA in Communications. Numerous awards for quality and cycle time reduction related to training. Editor for newsletters; writing and teaching background; Teach college level English, speech, diversity, and management classes.
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