By Jacqueline Schaalje Too + Adjective Too + adjective means too much of something. I put too much sugar in my coffee > My coffee is too sweet. The temperature outside is 35C. > It’s too hot. Adjective + enough means it’s just right. You can use this for questions: – Is the soup hot… Continue reading Too Much or Not Enough: Easy Grammar
Stefano Mortellaro The Most Popular Words in English In 1935, the American philologist (= an expert on written language & literature) George Kingsley ZIpf formulated a clever law about the most popular words in any language. We’ll only talk about English of course, which is the only language I know really a lot about. What… Continue reading Zipf’s Law or Which English Words Should You Know?
Do you know how to use more seriously and the most seriously and stuff like that? Then you might be able to do the online quiz without instruction. (Follow the link.) If not, watch this video first: Exercise Choose a suitable adverb. Example: Rina is a good piano player, but she plays __________ than Billy.… Continue reading Are You Working More Seriously than Most Other People? – A Short Explanation about How to Use Comparatives and Superlatives with Adverbs
You can use the expression “used to” for things that were true in the past, but they are not now. People may have changed their habits, or they have died, etc. Often, used to speaks about the distant past (not about yesterday). For instance, when you were a kid you had a stamp collection, but… Continue reading Upgrade Your English with Used To – I Used to Live in London
Over and across are both prepositions that are used when someone needs to get to the other side of something, for instance the other side of a bridge or a road. Here are the rules: 1 Getting Over Something Higher: Over When getting to the position on the other side means getting over something that… Continue reading Over and Across: When to Use Them
Lots of words that are connected with the sea take “on” as a preposition. (Prepositions are little words such as in, at, for, of, from, above, etc.) Let’s have a look at some: Sea Words with On You say on the beach. On the sea On the seafront (the seafront is the area of land… Continue reading On the Sea & On the River – Prepositions with Sea & Water
The following practice is for advanced students. Do this only when you know how to use different tenses. You can use tenses with modals too. Modals are verbs like must, need, have to and ought to. Underneath are some examples for you to study: Each example is in the affirmative (= a statement), a question… Continue reading Can Humans Fly? – Mixed Tenses with Modals
This article is not for beginning learners of English! However is used a lot in formal language, especially in writing. I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. Mahatma Gandhi Pain is… Continue reading How to Use However
Either and neither mean nothing more than “also not.” However you can’t say also not in English. It just doesn’t exist in English. Instead, we use either and neither. You use either with “not,” but you need to use neither with a positive verb. So like this: Either + not + verb Neither +… Continue reading I Don’t Have a Sister, and My Sister Doesn’t, Either – How to Use Either and Neither (and Nor)
This is a technical issue. If you’re a beginning speaker of English, you don’t have to bother with it. Martinak15 “That” and “which” are both relative pronouns, which means they are used to speak about someone or something earlier in the sentence. “That” and “which” are used in sentences that are a combination of one… Continue reading The Difference between That and Which
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