E7

Hello World!

This lecture of business english was after a 2 week break where we had a presentation and rhetoric seminar. In this lecture we rolled back the last lecture [E6].

Due to the fact that i had my notes from last time with me i had the advantage to be able to summarize the last lecture without problems. As long as you do not mention a bad hand writing as big problem. :D Nobody else in my class was using this technique so we have been given the order to use a booklet in future. Which has to be marked English II.

One of the cherries on the cake of this lecture was a presentation from Kernic M. The focus of his presentation was the difference between [have to] and [must] and also [don't have to] and [mustn't].

Just to summarize the facts to the interessted reader:
You use [have to] if its either a fact or necessary to do.
you use [must] if its either your opinion, or you would like to give someone a instruction.

On the other hand you use [don't have to] if you want to say someone that he/she shouldn't do something but he/she has still the option to do it.
Also you can use [mustn't] but with this phrase you want to say that it is necessary to DONT DO IT!!!

Also part of this lecture was some listening exercise.
The advice you get from me is that if you do not want to be seen as unfriendly you have to take care that when you speak to someone your voice is modulating and not beeing flat :D

The last information i can give you is the phrase "pull your finger out", which means work with full throttle. It is important that you note not to use this phrase with your Canadian business partner unless you have 5000 bucks to spend :D. The moral of this story is use phrases carefully, and if you are not sure, ask your local english teacher or the next native speaker in a pub. :D

If you like leave me a post to this blog using [have to], [must], [don't have to] or [mustn't] and i will answer you also using one.
Cheers Bob