Skill Focus: How to apply for a Job 1. Your Letter Of Application Avoid applying for jobs for which you are obviously unqualified. For example, if the advertisement says that applicants must have a degree, and you have not, then applying for job is a waste of your time. Remember these points about writing a
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A clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate. A clause may be either a sentence (an independent clause) or a sentence-like construction within another sentence (a dependent or subordinate clause). Tom married Amy when he was 19. The string Tom married Amy could be a complete sentence on its own; the additional string, when
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Advice and advise do not only have different meanings, but are also pronounced differently. Advise is a verb, and advice is a noun. So advice is what is given, while the act of giving advice is called advising (or to advise). Differences in usage and meaning Advice is a noun. It is a suggestion or
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A formal letter is an official letter. It is a letter written for official reason. A formal letter is written for different purposes which are. Make a complaint Request something Make an inquiry Apply for a Job Proposal Reference Formal Invitation When writing a Formal letter, there are strict rules you must follow which are You
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Remember and remind have similar meanings but there is a very important difference in how they are used. Remember Remember is when you think of a memory (a past experience): I remember the first time I came to this school. Do you remember what happened when Oyin forgot to buy a present for his best friend
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Prepositions are one of the traditional parts of speech. Prepositions are members of a closed word class – which means that few new prepositions ever enter the language. In fact, there are only about 100 of them in English. 1. What do prepositions do? Prepositions are words (such as in and out, above and below,
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This article is intended to help you decipher the differences between Do and Make, and when to use each one. Read on: Basic Difference between DO and MAKE Use DO for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks. Use MAKE for creating or producing something, and for actions you choose to do. DO generally refers to the
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These two words are pronounced the same, but they are spelled differently and have different meanings. COMPLIMENT (noun, verb) Compliment can be both a noun and a verb. A compliment is a positive comment about someone or something, for example: “You have beautiful eyes!” And the verb compliment (or the expression “pay someone a compliment”)
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The one part of speech that even experienced writers easily find confusing is preposition. More often than not, either IN or ON or AT can be grammatically correct. It entirely depends what you really mean in your statements. Hints A) It is advisable to use ON to denote a position for surfaces or a position
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Faster Reading Skills It is important to develop the skill known as Speed Reading. To improve your reading speed, we recommend the following: Don’t read a text ‘word-by-word’: Read the words in their natural grammatical or sense groups. For example: The brave woman /ordered the men/to attack at once. Don’t point to the words with
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