{"id":72903,"date":"2024-03-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=72903"},"modified":"2024-03-07T20:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:58:03","slug":"good-and-bad-in-business-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/good-and-bad-in-business-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Business English 228: Good and Bad in Business &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are many interesting ways to say &#8220;good&#8221; and &#8220;bad&#8221; in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This vocabulary will help you avoid saying the same basic words over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Words like &#8220;good&#8221; and &#8220;bad&#8221; can be overused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today you&#8217;ll learn alternative adjectives to say something is either good or bad in business English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-good-and-the-bad\"><strong>The good and the bad<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s episode, Lindsay and Michelle share part 1 of a two-part series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This series will answer a listener question regarding the words good and bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second part of this episode will be on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6qXldSz1Ulq1Nvj2JK5kSR\">All Ears English podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to follow both podcasts to hear the entire series!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-today-s-question\"><strong>Today&#8217;s question<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>I am very grateful to you. Your podcast flourishes my English every morning. What is still annoying to me while speaking English is the difficulty I have finding alternatives for \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cbad\u201d adjectives. 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