用錯了還不自知！商業英文最常犯的５大錯誤

和Executive很像的一個字是execution，執行或執行力。重音在”U”，它的動詞是"execute" ，既是執行，也有處決的意思，把執行長講成 "execute" – 有置人於死地的錯覺，不要用錯了。

4. "I look forward to hearing from you."

這個片語通常使用在商業書信的結尾。有些人會寫成，"I look forward to hear from you."這是錯的，因為look forward to的to是介係詞，後面一定要用V-ING動名詞型式。

look forward to our meeting.

I look forward to meeting you.

其他和look forward to類似的用法是Be / get used to / Get around to / Object to

I'll get around to doing it. (我會找時間做)

I'll get around to it. (我會找時間看看)

I object to unpaid overtime work. (反對加班沒有加班費)

5. Headquarters and Information

很多人自動會去掉 "headquarters" 的 "s"，又莫名其妙地幫 "information" 加上 "s"。 Headquarters 是單數名詞，指的是總部： Brussels, which is the headquarters of the Common Market, is an attractive city. 總部這個字字尾是"s"，很容易讓人以為是複數名詞。其實它是單數，去掉 "s" 就成了動詞 "to headquarter." (把總部設在)
例如：

The European correspondent will headquarter in Paris。

這句話也可以寫成.........The European correspondent will make Paris her headquarters.

很多人也會在information字尾加上 "s"。大部分的人推斷如果需要很多資訊，他們就會改為複數，例如，"The book contains many useful informations." 但是資訊是不可數名詞。 

這句話要改成”The book contains much useful information.”

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