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My Trip to the UK - A Story with Past Tense Notes -
Jack Askew (153)   
The following story will help you practice the past simple and past
continuous tenses. This story is good practice for all levels of
English but it has been written with lower level learners in mind.
While reading the stories look for verbs in the past simple and the
past continuous tense. I... ( added 20 days 23 hours ago.) |
Say It Right - A Guide To Pronunciation -
Ben Morrish (7,936)    
Ben Morrish  
To be clearly understood, it is important to pronounce words correctly so that people listening to you know what you are saying.
But some words are often pronounced incorrectly (and the only word that can correctly be pronounced incorrectly is "incorrectly" itself!).
Here's some... ( added 43 days 20 hours ago.) |
Um. . .Like. . .Whatever! -
Abigail Richards (10,363)  
Abigail Richards
Whatever! Whatever! Whatever! Whatever! O.k. sorry, had to get it out of my system. Apparently 47 percent of Americans surveyed in a recent Marist College poll found that the term "whatever" is the "most annoying in converstaion." "Whatever" easily beat out "you know," which drove a quarter of... ( added 31 days 3 hours ago.) |
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Learning a Foreign Language: Is it too Easy? -
Teresa Ortiz (11,020)  
Teresa Ortiz
This day in age, it is easy to learn a new language. Seriously, take me for example. Yesterday I decided I was going to learn how to speak, read, and write in Spanish.
Twenty-four hours later and here you have it my first few sentences in Spanish:
Este da en edad es fcil aprender un... ( added 137 days 2 hours ago.) |
The Road To a Perfect International Language -
 - Philip Yaffe (790)
Some time ago, a friend and I decided to try to establish guidelines for building a "perfect language" that ultimately could be adopted as the world's common language. We did not intend to create such a language. We just wanted to lay down standards against which any candidates for this high... ( added 234 days 9 hours ago.) |
New Words Make Dictionary Cut: What Are Your Favorite Misheard Lyrics? -
Asher Ricard (14,077) 
Asher Ricard
Merriam-Webster has released its newest Collegiate Dictionary complete with some new words to add to your everyday conversations. The dictionary features around 100 new words and phrases. Because of current events, "dirty bomb" and "norovirus" have been included in the publication. Poker players... ( added 1 year 123 days ago.) |
Racism and Language: Should Vocabulary Be Restricted by Country of Origin? -
Alf Gordon (815)  
Alf Gordon
Have you ever heard somebody voice an argument that is so inane you have to wonder about the person's planet of origin? Regardless of political, educational, or social differences, some things remain the same. Like logic. At least, I thought they were supposed to. Today somebody proved me wrong.... ( added 1 year 135 days ago.) |
Apostrophe in Greengrocers' World -
J. McCorquodale (240)
What is the correct usage of the apostrophe? Quite a number of english speaking individuals do not seem to know, as can be seen by the number of errors in shop signs and advertisements. Therefore follow some english grammar basic rules worth knowing for english translators or writers. Some of the... ( added 2 years 59 days ago.) |
The Past Simple and Past Continuous -
Jack Askew (153)
This post will look at when to use the past continuous and the past
simple. It will give you a summary of the two tenses together along with
some interesting ways to to help you to try and remember when to use
them. I have also included some exercises and a quiz to help you
practice. Past... ( added 30 days 7 hours ago.) |
Learning English Online - How To Get the Most Out of Your Lessons -
Jack Askew (153)
Learning English online is an effective way to improve your English. But with any type of learning you need to be prepared. This blog will give you advice and tips on how to get the most out of your online lessons.
What you need
A computer, a good internet connection and a headset are... ( added 45 days 5 hours ago.) |
Days Of The Week In Moroccan Arabic -
- Andee Mullins (460)
The names used for the days of the week, in Moroccan Arabic, and the numbers used for counting in both Standard Arabic and Moroccan Arabic are similar. This is because words for some days of the week are the same words or similar (derivatives) as the ones used for counting. We will clarify this... ( added 112 days 22 hours ago.) |
Caribbean Creole Language -
- Andee Mullins (460)
The Caribbean is made up of different islands. The majority of countries in the Caribbean speak English while the rest speak other languages. Creole is widely spoken in the Caribbean. Creole, as often defined, is a language or way of speaking that comes into existence when two or more different... ( added 116 days 18 hours ago.) |
How Do You Say in Jamaican Patois -
- Andee Mullins (460)
People often ask 'how do you say so and so in Jamaican Patois.' They would be surprised to find out that although they may consider Jamaicans to be walking Jamaican dictionaries, even they sometimes don't know what some terms and expressions mean. They too can be stumped when trying to give the... ( added 117 days 23 hours ago.) |
How Do You Say Eat In Jamaican Patois -
Andee Mullins (460)
Learning to speak another language or dialect helps us broaden our vocabulary. As a matter of fact, some people say that learning new languages helps us keep our minds active because we are teaching our brains new things. Whether you're learning a language such as Spanish or a dialect such as... ( added 120 days 13 hours ago.) |
Learn Spanish Fast - Find Similarities Between English and Spanish Words -
- Maria Fernandez (24)
Finding similarities between the Spanish words you are learning and English words in your vocabulary is one of the most effective ways of expanding your knowledge of the new language. When you start learning Spanish, many of the words you come across from lesson one look similar in both languages... ( added 206 days 23 hours ago.) |
Useful Literary Definitions -
- Connor Davidson (5,131) 
Connor Davidson
Here is a list of terms you should become familiar with when writing comments and critical essays on writing. Address - a poem set out like a speech, usually addressed to something e.g. a famous example is "to a mouse" Allegory- writing which has more than one possible meaning which can be... ( added 232 days 2 hours ago.) |
Rising To the Linguistic Challenge -
- Philip Yaffe (790)
This is a story about a young man growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He was a bit strange for a Californian of that epoch. He of course loved surfing, but he loved mathematics and physics even more. His dream from a very young age was to go to university and get a science degree. And that's... ( added 1 year 73 days ago.) |
9 Gullah Proverbs -
- Walter Rhett (3,078) 
The Gullah--the enslaved Africans from over 80 west and southern African communities who created America's only African language along the coast and Atlantic barrier islands of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida--love poetry and proverbs. The language is also called Gullah, and here are nine... ( added 1 year 109 days ago.) |
Are You Self-Conscious Speaking A New Language? -
- Nathalie Fairbanks (172)
Regardless of which language you are learning, you will encounter a number of sounds which don't exist in your native language.
Initially, even just listening to a native speaker making these sounds might make you smirk - but wait until you have to reproduce it yourself. That's when you face... ( added 1 year 176 days ago.) |
Learn Foreign Language Now - 7 Good Reasons -
- Terry Shurts (38) 
Terry Shurts
In this article I will illustrate the importance of learning a second language for the broadening of one's life and opportunities. You will learn the role of a second language in:
Expanding your social life Gaining more business contacts More business opportunities More employment... ( added 1 year 257 days ago.) |
Guidelines on Writing Commercial Letters -
J. McCorquodale (240)
Business communications are becoming increasingly informal as electronic media and the Internet permeate every level of business contacts. It is no longer rare to receive a business message from someone you have never met addressing you by your first name. Nonetheless, first contacts in the... ( added 2 years 59 days ago.) |
Syllables and Stress in Language -
John Xavier (133)
Syllables that are stressed can present another complication when trying to learn a language. Not all languages use stress like English does. In French there is no stress for individual words, although there is intonation (changing the tone of voice) when you are asking a question, which is a... ( added 2 years 166 days ago.) |
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Moroccan Arabic - Plural Form Of Darija Words -
- Andee Mullins (460)
There is no strict or definitive rule to make a word plural in Moroccan Arabic; also referred to as Darija. Sometimes plurals are formed in Moroccan Darija by adding the suffix "een" to the end of words that are masculine. At other times the suffix "at" may be added to the end of feminine words... ( added 105 days 3 hours ago.) |
Moroccan Language - Masculine and Feminine Words -
- Andee Mullins (460)
When speaking Moroccan Arabic there is a masculine and a feminine form for many words. Other languages, such as Spanish, share this similarity with Moroccan Arabic. For example, in Spanish, feminine words usually end in the letter "a" while masculine words usually end in the letter "o." Therefore... ( added 105 days 20 hours ago.) |
Moroccan Arabic - Words For Family -
- Andee Mullins (460)
In English, the words 'cousin, uncle, aunt, niece and nephew' are used when referring to a family member. In English, when these words are used by the speaker, in most cases it is up to the listener to inquire as to the exact relationship of the relative to the speaker's mother or father. In... ( added 111 days 20 hours ago.) |
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