Since English is international language of business, a knowledge of English business terms is essential for successfull business peopel, even if their main function is not in international tradeAccording to Marcus Cunliffe, in The Literature of the United States, a chauvinistic delegate to the Continental Congress moved that the new nation drop the use of the English language entirely; William Morris, in Newsbreak (Stackpole, New. | Test Y our Business English General Usage J. S. McKellen Illustrated by Robin Harris and Ross Thomson PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd 27 Wrights Lane London W8 5TZ England Penguin Books USA Inc. 375 Hudson Street New York New York 10014 USA Penguin Books Australia Ltd Ringwood Victoria Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd 10 Alcorn Avenue Toronto Ontario Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books NZ Ltd 182-190 Wairau Road Auckland 10 New Zealand Penguin Books Ltd Registered Offices Harmondsworth Middlesex England First published 1990 Published in Penguin Books 1985 10 9 8 Copyright . McKellen 1990 Illustrations copyright Robin Harris and Ross Thomson 1990 The moral right of the author and of the illustrators has been asserted All rights reserved Filmset in Century Schoolbook Printed in England by Clays Ltd St Ives pic Except in the United States of America this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not by way of trade or otherwise be lent re-sold hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser INTRODUCTION Since English is the international language of business a knowledge of English business terms is essential for successful business people even if their main function is not in international trade. This book part of the Test Your Vocabulary series is designed to help the reader to acquire this knowledge. The choice of which language items to include has been made on a practical basis how often the words are used and how important it is to know them. Informal and in one instance spoken language is included with tests of appropriacy in register some words appear in more than one context. The areas of business covered range from basic office practice to specialised areas such as import export and insurance. A range of exercise .
