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Weknow!romourreaders'eommentsIhalsuchcolumnspolarizeopinions
betweenthosewhoreallyloveIhemandthosewhohaIethem.Kalhrin'seol-
umnisnolongerinIhemagazinel>ecauseshereeentlyhadhersetondbaby.
HerfinalcolumnappearedinBusinessSpotlight312009. TheEditor

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eitübereinemJahrlangweilenundnervenmichdieArti-
kel mit "babytalk" von Frau KathrinEnke ("Office
Blues").Weninteressiertdas?BabygcschwäuundErlebnisse
gehörennichtinsBüroandschongarnichtineineZeitschrift
fürWirtschaftsenglisch.

TheheadlineinourBusinessSpotlightarticlereferstoAmericanbankerson
WallStreet.Thisusageof"shootingstar"iseorreetintheUSoTheAmeriean
Merriam-Webster'sdietionaryineludeslhefollowingasoneofIhedefinitions
01 shootingstar:"oneresemblingashootingstarespeciallyinsuddenand
temporarybrilliancen•Ontheotherhand,thisusageisnotgiveninthe8ritish
QxlorddictionaryandIheSpotlightPocketGuidewaswrittenfroma8rilish
perspective. TheEditor

AndrenC.Martin,viae-mail

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wasrathersurprisedtoreadinBusillessSpotlight3/2009
("BehindtheHeadlines")thara"shootingstar"is"some-
one""horisesquicklytofarneorto 3 positionofleadership".
InSpotlight'sLallguagePacketGuide 2 (Un007).thisuso
ageofthetermiscondemnedasbeing"pseudo-English".
Oneshouldsayinstcad "risingstar"or"up-and--<:oming
star".Couldyouca..C;tsome(celestial)lightonthematter?
Don1laHartma1l11,Neustadt

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our anide "ShapingOUl" work" (Business Spotlight
212009)wasveryinteresting.Couldyoupleaseplanto
writeanartideabouttheVWBectle(V\VKäfer)anditshis-
tory?LiketheCitroen2CV,ithasa specialdesignandacult
following.ThcVWBeetleispartofGermanhistorybutis
ofimeresttopcopleworldwide.
StepJJalISchröder,Rheinberg

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have a question abollt your article "Writing letters of
thanks"(BusinessSpotlight412009).Isit correctnartohavc
:I.cornmaaftertheopeningaddress("Dear...")?
HarafdKraft,viae-mail

InBtitishEnglish,thecommaisnotnecessalYandisnowusuallylet!out
(alsoattheend,after·Yourssineerely",ete).InUSusage,thecommaisnor-
mal,althoughsomelimesacolon(:)isused. TheEditor

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