This book is especially designed to train engineering students to have taht critical edge over others in the competitive world of global industries and organisations.It is created specifically to suit engineering and other profession students to learn the basics of what they would be expected to do as they advance in their careers. The book contains:1. Certain elementary mistakes made in grammar2. Proper use of english language3. Puctuation and capitalisation4. Certain basic errors made in the use of vocabulary5. Letter writing which includes friendly and business letters, letters of inquiries, quotations, orders and tenders, complaints and adjustment letters6. Verbal communication7. Oral presentation8. Forms of technical writing9. Report writing10. Advertising11. Precis writing12. Essays and short stories13. Interview skills and group discussion14. Communication; process and elements table of contents: 1. Language as skill of communication2. Phonetics3. Articles4. The preposition5. Tenses6. Subject-verb accord7. The infinitive8. The participle9. Clauses10. Degrss of comparison11. Transformation of sentences12. Direct and indirect speech13. Modifiers14. Sentence connectives15. The gerund16. Punctuation and capitalisation17. Vocabulary18. Use of abbreviations19. Correct usage differentiating the pairs of words20. Letter writing 1. Friendly letters 2. Business letters 3. Letters of application 4. Letters of enquiry 5. Quotation, orders and tenders 6. Orders and complaints 7. Adjustment letters21. Verbal communication22. Oral presentation 1. Presentation 2. Meeting 3. Notice 4. Agenda 5. Minutes23. Technical written communication (including e-mail communication)24. Forms of technical writing25. Report writing 1. Progress report 2. Laboratory report 3. Inspection report 4. Inventory report 5. Confidential report 6. Technical report 7. Survey report26. Advertising27. Precis writing28. Collection of short essays29. Collection of short stories30. Interview skills