In Verbs^x, Business English^x

Hi, tighter jobs market A time when there are fewer jobs available for job-seekers- slip 'twixt cup and lip This is not related particularly to business. It's from the proverb 'There's many a slip 'twixt (ie between) the cup and the lip'. Perhaps in business, it might mean 'Until a plan is...

Hello Blitz Yes, I should probably qualify what I said before: the PS is used in contexts where you don't want to imply a connection to the present; the PP, where you do. So: 'Yesterday I rode my bike across the field' - PS. You only want to talk about yesterday. 'I've ridden my bike to work...

Hi Gary, (1) This particular document is called a Bill of Sale. Two of them would be two Bills of Sale. Sales is a line item on a Statement of Income and Expenses. What I am saying with these examples is that you have to learn individual usages for this word (and others) in commercial...

Close to it Mike. In fact, "receipt" means "the act of receiving" or "the fact of being received". As you see, the latter applies to the sentence under discussion. Unfortunately, there is no similar word for "sending". In business English, you could sound more especific if you use "delivery"...