When you say there are plenty of cats in the street, it means there are enough cats, or more than enough (= too many). If you say that you have plenty of money in your bank account, you’re in a good position. It means you have enough money. If you go on a picnic and… Continue reading A Quick Guide in Using Plenty Of – Plenty of Fish in the Sea
Eugene Peretz Some more Word Practice: Let’s make adjectives with –able and with –ive What do Words with the Suffix -able mean? Words with –able as a suffix mean that something can be done. For instance forgettable means that something is easy to forget. Quantifiable means that something can easily be put into numbers (quant… Continue reading Practising Adjectives with -able and -ive
If you copy this article to Word, you’ll already see that informations is not a word in English. The word information exists only in the singular (so only one, not many). What happens when you copy the article into Word? You’ll see a wavy red line under the word informations, right? When you click on… Continue reading Don’t Put these English Nouns into the Plural – Can I Give You Some Informations?
Kevin Dooley To become a good writer, it’s important that you’ll be able to switch between nouns and verbs in your sentences. In English, in general, using nouns will make your sentences longer. Using verbs will make your sentences shorter. – If you’re a lawyer and you don’t want your client to understand the… Continue reading Learn How to Be a Writing Wizard by Switching between Nouns and Verbs – Does Indicating Your Preference, or Preferring Your Indication Mean the Same?
Many people are absolutely sure that in order to speak good English you just need to practise speaking a lot. While that is true, it’s even more important to listen. The woman nodded when I explained her that we were going to make sentences with sometimes, usually, never and always. “Easy,” she said. She put… Continue reading Do You Know How to Listen?
Now for some bad news: There is no foolproof (= 100% certain) way to know whether you can make a negative word with –in or –un. Some words take –dis for the negative! For instance, the opposite of honest is dishonest. However there are two rules that you can use. Rule 1: Words with –able… Continue reading Unforgettable or Inforgettable? – Would You Like In or Un with your Negative Adjective?
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Happy New Year! Thanks for reading my Newsletter! Hope you’ll have a wonderful year with lots of improvement in your English, in your career and in love. Not necessarily in this order. Although I think English is the most important. J And may you stay young at heart forever! Listen to Joan Baez singing Bob… Continue reading Stay Forever Young First: A New Year’s Wish
Minyoung Choi In the first part of this no sweat 10-new-words-per-week spelling course we learned how to spell vowels in closed syllables. You can refresh your memory here. Now we’ll study words that have syllables with open vowels. The Magic E rule is an important rule in English. Why is it called Magic? Well, sorry… Continue reading If You Have a Problem with Spelling: Try this Easy Spelling Programme (Part 2) – Words with Magic E
Remember the Pronunciation Rules from last time? Fascinating stuff, isn’t it? So now we’ll continue to: Pronunciation Rule 3 Magic E Also named bossy E or sneaky E. Same thing. The rule of Magic E means that whenever your CVC word gets an e added at the end, the vowel in that word will sound… Continue reading Pronunciation Rules Part 2 – When English Words Can Make You Crazy
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