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Elaborate Curriculum of Business English Major ——error analysis of Business English Correspondence Writing

Liping Chen

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The paper analyses some errors in business English correspondence writing from students majoring in Business English,and the findings reveal that language errors and pragmatic errors are more significant and prominent,for examples: Subject is inconsistent with predicate;ambiguous sentence structure and sentence patterns are used in their writings;there are lots of Chinglish sentences in their writings and some sentences are contrary to the principles of courtesy and so on.Therefore,we should strengthen the cultivation of cross-cultural awareness and writing skills in the instruction of Business English Correspondence.

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The paper analyses some errors in business English correspondence writing from students majoring in Business English,and the findings reveal that language errors and pragmatic errors are more significant and prominent,for examples: Subject is inconsistent with predicate;ambiguous sentence structure and sentence patterns are used in their writings;there are lots of Chinglish sentences in their writings and some sentences are contrary to the principles of courtesy and so on.Therefore,we should strengthen the cultivation of cross-cultural awareness and writing skills in the instruction of Business English Correspondence.

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The paper analyses some errors in business English correspondence writing from students majoring in Business English,and the findings reveal that language errors and pragmatic errors are more significant and prominent,for examples: Subject is inconsistent with predicate;ambiguous sentence structure and sentence patterns are used in their writings;there are lots of Chinglish sentences in their writings and some sentences are contrary to the principles of courtesy and so on.Therefore,we should strengthen the cultivation of cross-cultural awareness and writing skills in the instruction of Business English Correspondence.

Key concepts: Sentence, Predicate (mathematical logic), Linguistics, Courtesy, Computer science, Business English, Subject (documents), Error analysis

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