English for Commerce [antikvár]

english for commerce 3 PREFACE The necessity for a text-book for more advanced commercial students will be manifest to every teacher who has ever undertaken to instruct them. At present the teacher is left almost without aid. Either he must resort to so-called "books on commercial English," which, in the main, are entirely obsessed with certain forms and ceremonies of comparatively little importance, and which, too often, are teaching a "Business English" which is not English at all, to say nothing of the fact that it is of no earthly use to business ; or he is compelled to resort to the ordinary grammar and composition book of the schools, which is singularly (and quite properly) lacking in the special bias which commercial students need. Half his time is devoted to adapting ordinary teaching methods to the needs of commerce, and the rest to devising suitable exercises. As for the student working unaided, he must take his chance. This little work is especially intended for those students who wish to study the particular needs of commerce. It makes no pretence to formai complete-ness of handling. It is rather intended to stimulate the interest of the student in the problems which he will have to face, to suggest lines on which these problems shouid be tackled, and, by means of exercises, chiefly from examination papers, to aíford him practice in tackiing the job in hand for himself. If we may adopt a motto, we shouid like to choose