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mimib21
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commercial or business
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Dear colleagues from ESL! I wonder if you could help me about the two words, please. When do we say commercial or business? because sometimes I see commercial English and business English. it is the same are different or commercial doesn �t exist? I don �t really understand. Thank you in avdance. |
21 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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Hi Mimi,
�Business � and �commerce � are very close in meaning, but �business � is used much more widely (see this Google Ngram) and commerce seems to me a little old-fashioned. I very rarely see references to �commercial English �.
�Commerce � has a narrower meaning of being concerned with �buying and selling �, whereas �business � covers more areas.
If someone told me that they work in �commerce � I would expect them to be some kind of salesperson or trader, but someone in �business � might include a finance manager, a human resources manager or a social media specialist, for example.
Tap
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21 Oct 2015
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mimib21
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Thank you for your answer. it helps. I �m satisfied |
21 Oct 2015
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