English for Execs: And Everyone Who Desires to Use Good English and Speak English Well!

By Connie LeBaron

Speak Like Execs Should Speak





Choosing the correct pronoun (I or me), conjugating verbs (swim, swam, swum), and selecting between who and whom, good and well, bad and badly often confuse even the most promising executive. To eliminate common grammatical errors and speak English correctly, follow the few simple rules and suggestions outlined in this short, informative book. Using proper English can increase your confidence and credibility and strengthen your impact on others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 15, 2006
• ISBN: 9781462816569

Connie LeBaron

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Constance (Connie) LeBaron, and the late David LeBaron, California food broker, are the parents of ten children and have twenty-one grandchildren. Over sixty years ago, Connie founded an educational game company called TWINSON (being a twin with the maiden name of Pearson). The business is now in the capable hands of her daughter, Mary LeBaron Dancer. Connie, Catholic educated, was drilled in Mathematics, English, and Religion from an early age, and the big three have been her passion ever since! Her most recent claim to fame however, is a hole-in-one at age 83!

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Copyright © 2006 by Constance LeBaron.

Cover art and cartoons by Emily LeBaron.

Poems by Michelle LeBaron Meyers.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

My Thanks

Introduction

Lessons 1 To 10

Grammar Dictionary

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Lesson 10

Author’s Note

What Professionals Are Saying About English For Execs

DEDICATION

To my late husband David and our ten children (Rogers, Cathie, Clyde, Connie, Paul, Nancy, Mary, Joanne, David, Tim), for putting up with my endless, compulsive grammar corrections.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To Jim Whearty, English Instructor at Foothill College in Los Altos, California, for his encouragement and invaluable advice. To my grandchildren Emily LeBaron, the artist, and Michelle LeBaron Meyers, the poet, for