What’s the Difference Between Percent and Percentage?

These two terms, percent and percentage, seem very similar, but there are very important differences between them.

Percent (or per cent) is simply the way we pronounce and spell the symbol “%.” A number with…

Customers, Clients and Consumers: Who’s Buying What?

19 Business English Idioms: How Startups Sink or Swim

What is an idiom?

10 Networking Tips for Breaking the Ice

What is networking, and why is it important?

Business English Skills: Showing Empathy

What is empathy?

21 ‘-en’ Verbs to Sharpen Your Wits and Broaden Your Horizons

Business Basics: What is a ‘Startup?’

When you hear the word “startup,” what sort of company do you think of? A small company? A…

Build Your Vocabulary: 37 Ways to Use the Word ’Market’

Two Powerful, Priceless Suffixes

Two of the most useful suffixes in business English are “-ful” and “-less.” We can add them to nouns…