Choosing Between Participle or “to” with an Infinitive Quite a number of readers of this newsletters have asked me to explain how you can know when to use “to” and the infinitive or a participle with “-ing.” Jfyi, in technical terms the -ing construction is called gerund. If you look up this problem in a grammar book… Continue reading I Love Dancing = I Love to Dance
A short guide on how and when to use words such as myself, yourself, himself, herself, etc. Matthew Frederickson When to use: 1 When you do something to yourself. Examples: He is shaving himself. She hurt herself when she fell off her bike. They laughed at themselves when they took the wrong road again. 2… Continue reading Can You Do That Yourself?
by Olga Koliichuk The answer is: A, and an. We use articles all the time. There are two types of articles : a/an, the. a/an – Indefinite article the – Definite article Today we will talk about the indefinite article. The indefinite article a has another form an if it stands before the word beginning with a… Continue reading What’s the Most Frequently Used Word in English? The Indefinite Article
Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy How to Compare Things By Olga Koliichuk We sometimes want to compare things. If you compare two houses you say: “This house is bigger than that one”. You can see that the word big has some changes now. There is er at the… Continue reading Comparisons for Beginners
English with a Smile 