Writing Numbers as Words

As a business writer, you will often have to write out numbers as words. In fact, one of the most common tasks for everyone is having to write out numbers as words on cheques. But how many of you can write out a number, particularly a long number, accurately. The aim of this topic is to revise writing numbers as words.

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Business Grammar and Usage Test

Test your knowledge of Business Grammar and Usage by taking this 20-question timed multiple choice test.

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McDonald's Opens First Beijing Drive-through

McDonald's has formed a partnership with Sinopec, one of China's largest oil companies, to take advantage of the country's growing taste for both cars and Western fast food.

The deal will allow McDonald's to open restaurants at any site where Sinopec opens a filling station over the next 20 years.

McDonald's has just opened its first drive-through restaurant in China, a side of its business which it hopes to greatly expand over the coming years as China moves from a bicycle to a car culture.

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Type 1 Conditional Sentences

When we talk about future events that are reasonably likely and their results, we can use a Type 1 if conditional sentence. The if-clause states the condition, and the other clause states the result. Type 1 conditionals have the following structure: If + present simple tense, will + bare infinitive.

In this Business Grammar review lesson, you'll learn how to form and when to use Type 1 conditional sentences. You'll also learn about using modal verbs with 'If' clauses, and other variations on the Type 1 conditional structure using phrases, such as 'provided that', 'so long as', 'unless', 'in case', etc. This lesson includes 5 interactive exercises.

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Coherence and Unity in Business Documents

Coherence and unity are two of the most important aspects of effective business writing. A good paragraph needs to have both coherence and unity.

This Business Writing Skills topic teaches you how to write an effective paragraph, when to start and end a paragraph, how to use connectives within a paragraph to clearly show a reasoned and logical line of thought, and how to use other linguistic devices to help the writing flow naturally and smoothly within a paragraph.

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