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According to the lesson, what do FT and PT stand for(represent)?

What's another word for apartment, used most often in England?

What does bdrm stand for?

What does Serving Exp. stand for, and what does it mean?


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94 Comments on “How to read job ads in English – Understanding abbreviated writing styles”


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Full-time and part-time are also often abbreviated with a slash between the letters: F/T, P/T

Friday, April 6th 2012Reply to this comment

Very helpful!

Friday, April 6th 2012Reply to this comment

I´ve just found this site and it is excelent. I think themes are presented in excelent way. They´re very understandable and interesting. Congratulations!!!

Friday, April 6th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi Jon, Useful concepts indeed. That of 1st.& last is a new one for me. Thanks a lot.

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks for your helpful lessons..

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

GREAT LESSON JON!!!!!

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

i learnt many new things which will be helpful for my future

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

I think the way firms wrote their Ads in abbreviation, the spaces in the media, cost a lot of money.

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

thankk john. I am happy, because that I want that studi I am verry happy.

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

great lesson jon . it’s very helpfully i guess .
thanks !!

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi Jon, its a very useful lesson, could you please remained the web site that you have mentioned where you can find these kind of ads?
Lounis

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks for this oportunity in which i have learned a lot. this lesson it is very good. Good teacher, my congratulations

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi Jon thank U so much

your lessons are always useful to learn

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

hey Jon its me aveen here your lesson was very helpful for me thank you for that above lecture i want to understand more ads like that if you helped me for giving me sites

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi there, good freakin’ lesson, thank u a million Jon. I hope to see u next week dude. cya.

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

Thank you Teacher! I don’t take attetion and answered wrong, but understood. Lily Diaz from Brazil. Have nice EASTER

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi !!! please give more examples

Saturday, April 7th 2012Reply to this comment

great lesson

Sunday, April 8th 2012Reply to this comment

thats excellient

Sunday, April 8th 2012Reply to this comment

Thank you!
It’s very useful lesson!

Sunday, April 8th 2012Reply to this comment

Yes, you are correct!

Sunday, April 8th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi Jon it’s very useful! I always watching your engvid lessons…
Thank you so much , great job!

Sunday, April 8th 2012Reply to this comment

Thanks for this it’s very heplfull leason for me

Sunday, April 8th 2012Reply to this comment

Thank u Jon .

Sunday, April 8th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

helpful lesson john thanks

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

Thank you!
It’s very useful lesson.
I love all your teachers.

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

very useful lesson, thank you jon, i like it so much.

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

realy nice !! see us!

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

Thanxxxxx

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

hi

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

i like this exam

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

I miss you guys!

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

The lesson was quite useful…very, very interesting. By seeing it I have learned English so much! Specially concerning listening.

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

That’s really good Jon. I like it and also gain new knownledges. Thx so much!

Monday, April 9th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks

Tuesday, April 10th 2012Reply to this comment

Hello .I would like to know what you think about building
Materials-mfrs,whol, & dist. What is stand for mfrs,dist?
Burglar alarm systems-dlrs.,monitoring & svce .i found them
In the yellow page 2012.

Tuesday, April 10th 2012Reply to this comment

very useful. I’m VietNamese. this is a first time i join in lesson in engvid.com. thanks you so much. i think i ‘ll start english in this websibe. ^^

Wednesday, April 11th 2012Reply to this comment

Hello, Jon! This way of teaching English, which you perform, is quite interesting, because the student gets his listening improved, in a short space of time. And more: learning English through this method is completely pleasant. Congratulations.
Francisco Antonio Ramos de Araújo (from Brazil – São José dos Campos city; São Paulo State).

Wednesday, April 11th 2012Reply to this comment

Great lesson

Friday, April 13th 2012Reply to this comment

u r wonderful mr. Jone (clear words)

Saturday, April 14th 2012Reply to this comment

…If I’ll get a job in North Carolina…
Thanks Jon!

Saturday, April 14th 2012Reply to this comment

Iam delighted to find this site,thanks for your help.

Saturday, April 14th 2012Reply to this comment

dear sir
i am very happy to learn english. i want to some canadan student to make facebook frient to better speeking language so please send me student name to make friend. i am also class xiith student.

Sunday, April 15th 2012Reply to this comment

Thanks Brother…

Monday, April 16th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks teacher so much :)

Wednesday, April 18th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks !

Wednesday, April 18th 2012Reply to this comment

Great Jon!! I really liked it.

Thursday, April 19th 2012Reply to this comment

thank you teacher really is so fantastic thing i feel that i get benefite from this

Thursday, April 19th 2012Reply to this comment

I´m, enjoying these lessons, I think very comfortable study English of this way… The next time go to USA, I could practices with more confidence

Sunday, April 22nd 2012Reply to this comment

Thanks…

Monday, April 23rd 2012Reply to this comment

Thanks

Saturday, April 28th 2012Reply to this comment

really useful! thank teacher!

Tuesday, May 1st 2012Reply to this comment

thank you for you useful lesson.

Monday, May 7th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks Jon

Wednesday, May 9th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks

Wednesday, May 9th 2012Reply to this comment

Mr. Jon
Thank u

Sunday, May 13th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks its very good to have such lectures

komal hussain
from pakistan

Sunday, May 13th 2012Reply to this comment

Thx Jon , Plz Continue your helpful lectures.

Thursday, May 17th 2012Reply to this comment

4/4
Good1.

Thursday, May 17th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi,it is difficult Jon ,with all love and respect to you

Thursday, May 17th 2012Reply to this comment

thank you very much! very interesting!

Tuesday, May 22nd 2012Reply to this comment

Hi JOHEN ,
thank you for this lesson , i think this lesson show us how we can read the ads in the newspepper

Friday, May 25th 2012Reply to this comment

I love this site !!!

Saturday, June 2nd 2012Reply to this comment

I will see more videos everything is interesting here: :)

Saturday, June 2nd 2012Reply to this comment

High Quality Lessons !!! Thank you !!!

Sunday, June 3rd 2012Reply to this comment

Simple topic and easily to understanding.

Wednesday, June 27th 2012Reply to this comment

Amazing lesson

Friday, July 13th 2012Reply to this comment

that is abest video i ve ever seen

Sunday, July 15th 2012Reply to this comment

Thanks Jon your are always great teacher,and your lesson is useful to learn.God bless you.have a wonderful day .

Thursday, July 26th 2012Reply to this comment

Thank you so much.

Saturday, July 28th 2012Reply to this comment

Thank you Jon. It’s really helpful lesson.

Saturday, August 4th 2012Reply to this comment

wow! you have a beautiful voice!
Thanks for the lessons teacher, your work is amazing! you’ve been helping me a lot!

Monday, August 13th 2012Reply to this comment

Hi Jon! As always I loved your lesson. But now I need you explani me some symbols. For instances what does #means ina message? How do you say – in a electronic address. Minus??? my address would be anga-durao@gmail.com? How do you say? anga minus durao at gmail dot com???
Thank you

Monday, August 20th 2012Reply to this comment

i’m from Thailand ,a litle bit speaking but i’ve trying to know more,this site very good for me . thank you for your lesson

Friday, October 12th 2012Reply to this comment

thanks for your helpful lessons ..from Egypt

Friday, October 26th 2012Reply to this comment

Thank you Jon! You’re great! Please, do some more lessons. My students and myself enjoy your lessons a lot! Bye bye from Italy (Milan). Thx

Friday, October 26th 2012Reply to this comment

Thanks Jon . Your explanación was nice

Saturday, November 3rd 2012Reply to this comment

thanks,it was really worth.

Friday, November 30th 2012Reply to this comment

your class was really worth!thanks.

Friday, November 30th 2012Reply to this comment

Thanks Jon ;)

Friday, December 7th 2012Reply to this comment

it is a bit difficult to understand but i
‘try

Sunday, January 27th 2013Reply to this comment

Very helpful!

Friday, February 1st 2013Reply to this comment

Thanks,…very helpful!!!

Wednesday, February 6th 2013Reply to this comment

thanks you are the best teacher we enjoyed learning from you

Sunday, February 17th 2013Reply to this comment

Thanks very usuful!

Monday, February 18th 2013Reply to this comment

I really enjoyed this lesson !
Thank you all.

Tuesday, February 19th 2013Reply to this comment

Thanks your are a good teacher and teaching too.have a good one :D

Wednesday, February 20th 2013Reply to this comment

It is very helpful and I have learn so many things here. Thanks to all of this.

Thursday, February 21st 2013Reply to this comment

good job keep it :D

Monday, March 18th 2013Reply to this comment

thank you very much!

Friday, April 26th 2013Reply to this comment

Its very good so I do not know how I find me question

Sunday, May 12th 2013Reply to this comment
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