When words go back to their rootsWhat do you do when you find a new word in English? Before you reach for your dictionary, do you try to figure out what it means? Long words are often made from shorter words that you know, combined with a few letters at the beginning...
Let's eat, grandma."Let's eat grandma!" Or "Let's eat, grandma."? This week, we are going to focus on a key punctuation mark: comma. Commas (,) generally reflect pauses in speech, but it is not always that simple. Here are 8 ways you can use commas in your writing. 1....
Learn more about transitive and intransitive verbsSome verbs are usually followed by nouns (or pronouns) that act as direct objects. In grammar, these verbs are called "transitive" and they need a direct object. But some are "intransitive".One of the following...
An introduction to a remarkable book English, like all languages, is full of problems for the foreign learner. Some of these points are easy to explain - for instance, the difference between "since" and "for". Other problems are more tricky, and cause difficulty even...
podcasts can improve your listening skillFor listening practice, nothing compares to English radio programs. Today, thanks to the Internet, English learners can have easy access to high quality podcasts instead of listening to the actual radio. Here are four...
Learn more about dictionariesWe all use dictionaries to look up words and understand their meanings, but there are more things to help you. Here are 9 features of dictionaries that many English learners are not familiar with. 1. Syllable This shows you how many...
Different English accents There are a few differences of grammar and spelling between American and British English, and rather more differences of vocabulary and idiom. Today, modern British English is heavily influenced by American English, so some contrasts are...
This is the Secondary TitleWe all forget things; there is no doubt about it. But when it comes to language learning it is quite painful to see the precious vocabulary you have learned fade over time, isn't it? To stop this, you should learn how our memory works.There...
A lesson on essay writingEssays consist of an introduction, two or three body paragraphs and a conclusion. In this lesson, you will learn to write standard body paragraphs with the help of a mouth-watering simile. A good body paragraph can be likened to a hamburger....
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