Englishmylanguage: January 2009

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Englishmylanguage: Learning Prepositions from the News

Learning Prepositions from the News

UK, Canada eye India's nuclear business
Press Trust of India
Sunday, January 18, 2009, (New Delhi)
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090080481

The race among countries for getting nuclear business in India is hotting up with delegations rushing here to discuss opportunities in this field.
While France has already walked away with a contract in the multi-billion dollar industry, high-level delegations from Britain and Canada will be here this week to interact with Indian side to explore possibilities for cooperation in the nuclear field.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Mistakes while making Introductions

Being a Spoken English faculty and a Soft Skills Trainer, I come across a plethora of people.
Different people INTRODUCE themselves differently.

But some errors just creep in every time....

The most glaring one being:
Myself Mr.ABC,...

Please understand that we should not use "myself" for introductions. The better way out is "I am.."
Again, we never address ourselves as "Mr./Ms". We introduce ourselves with just our name.

so,
I am Namrata Arora.....

would sound a proper introduction than

Myself Miss Namrata Arora...