Lucky LanSan asked a really useful question about being on our Facebook page. In the following article will find some examples of how you can use being. First of all, being means that you can say something about someone or something. Someone/something is nice, friendly, nasty, cruel, pitiful, etc. What’s the difference between the following… Continue reading I Wish You’d Stop Being Clever – Why and When to Use Being
What are relative clauses? Relative clauses are the parts of the sentence that give additional information, often about a noun. They’re not independent sentences, so you can’t put them on their own. They often start with a wh-word, which in technical terms is called the relative pronoun. Relative clauses are an economic way of putting… Continue reading Relative clauses: Who, Which, and Whose
If you worry about your finances or you listen to the news about the global economy, I’m sure you are glad you’re still able to shop at the supermarket. Glum predictions about the recession keep see-sawing, stocks are all over the place, and it must even make some speculators dizzy. Including Warren Buffett, the billionaire… Continue reading Fall, Rise, and Fall Again – Vocabulary to Talk about Prices
Some people get a little shy when they need to speak English on the phone. So here are some things you can say. It’s amazing how nervous you can get when you need to speak to someone in a language that is not your own. Suddenly you lose all your confidence, just because you can’t… Continue reading Telephone English in Three Steps
In dating there are rules, in traffic there are rules, in math there are rules, now it turns out there are rules in learning a languages. And when you’re adult, you’re so much better at learning those rules. When I trained as a teacher, it was hip to teach students in the implicit method. That… Continue reading Never Too Late to Learn – Adults Are Better at Learning a Language than Children
Taken from http://www.israelpictures.org By Olga Koliichuk Sometimes while reading English texts you can come across strange words with unfamiliar roots. Words like these usually are of foreign origin, although they have been used in English for a long time. In this article we’ll take a closer look at some of them. But first we’ll talk… Continue reading Street Used To Be Strata – The Development of English
Of course you always speak the truth and keep your promises. Or do you? In some professions, giving false promises seems to be the norm. Plumbers and airconditioning technicians always say they’ll come back tomorrow. But they never do. They’ll want you to call them back. Maybe three times. Let’s look at some promises which… Continue reading Cross My Heart and Hope to Die – Simple Future with Will
The basic sentence structure in English is simple enough. No, I’m not going to call this a beginner’s guide. I’ve seen too many advanced students, who knew how to use clever words and ideas, but nevertheless couldn’t get a single English sentence right. As a result it was impossible to understand them, and they suffered… Continue reading How to Make a Sentence – Basic Sentence Structure
I’m often asked how one can improve vocabulary. By this, people mean they want to know more words. Of course, the old-fashioned way to do that is to open a dictionary and start reading. But after five words, you either get bored, or you find you need to read the first one again to refresh… Continue reading How to Improve Your Vocabulary: Reading and More Reading
When you use Microsoft Word, do you also get distracted by the red and green wavy lines under words and phrases? Probably everybody does. The red lines are supposed to warn you that you misspelt a word. If you copy this newsletter to Word, you will see what I mean. Misspelt is now underlined in… Continue reading Don’t Listen to Microsoft Word’s Grammar Check, or What You’ve Written Will Look Like the Work of a Fool
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