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Once in a while I read something and I find myself thinking, "Now, why didn't I think of that?". Well, Richard Gresswell had such an idea. He started a blog, called it ELTBITES, and challenged us:
"Describe an activity that requires no more than the teacher, Read More...
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Words shaped by David Warr's PlantMaker How much is a cheese sandwich and a coffee?
How much are a cheese sandwich and a coffee? Which is correct? This is a bit like my post on There is... or there are... Instinctively, I'd say the first sentence is the Read More...
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Many students have trouble understanding the difference between must and have to, and it's really hardly surprising.
Before we get into that, I'd like to say, first, that we can use have to and have got to without any difference in meaning. The difference Read More...
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The rule is quite clear...or is it? We generally use 'there is' or 'there are' to talk about the existence (or not) of something, and the general rule is that we use 'are' with plural subjects. There is a girl from Greenland in our class.Can you believe Read More...
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Practice or Practise? Both sound the same: /ˈpræktɪs/, but one is a noun and the other is a verb. The Americans don't make it better by spelling both the same way: practice.
The way I remember it is very simple. Noun comes before Verb in our alphabet, Read More...
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First of all, I'd like to point out that in British pronunciation, both/ˈaɪðə(r)/ and /ˈiːðə(r)/ are acceptable. The US tend to use the latter version.
Either usually means 'one or the other':
Either you choose me, or her. You can't have both! The reason Read More...
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There are two forms of 'used to'.
When we talk about past habits and states, especially when they are no longer true, used to is followed by a verb in the infinitive form and always refers to the past.
When we want to convey the meaning of 'accustomed Read More...
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It has been such a frantic weekend that Grammar.net decided to extend the deadline by 3 days, after disqualifying the 'top' two blogs. The official deadline now is Thursday, 20th October, 23:59 PST (Pacific Standard Time), and the winner will be announced Read More...
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What are compound adjectives? These are adjectives which are made up of more than one word, and there are many possible combinations. Examples:adjective + noun: last-minute, shoulder-length
noun + adjective: lead-free, goal-hungry
Very often, a -d or Read More...
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If one of our peers can make the mistake, then they must indeed be rather difficult to distinguish, so let's analyse them.
In the first instance, both affect and effect have their verb and their noun forms, but it's safe to mention here that affect as Read More...
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I was rather surprised to see this tweet, and was even more surprised to see it being retweeted. So, when do we use 'whom'? To be honest, it is rarely used in informal spoken conversations, and you're more likely to see it in written form, but let's take Read More...
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I was surprised, to say the least, to see this on Twitter yesterday. I immediately responded with this tweet. The apostrophe 's to denote possession is also known as 'Saxon genitive', which originated from Anglo-Saxon, also known as Old English. The fact Read More...
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I recently stumbled upon a tweet by @beth0513: "Which is correct? All I smell is burning tires *or* are burning tires". This is quite interesting. Intuitively, I'd say 'is' because I remember the song,"All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth"! Read More...
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I recently responded to a blog challenge by a video recording of myself - you can see it by clicking here. Most EFL teachers are probably aware of the activity where students are asked to say some things about themselves, and the others are to guess if Read More...
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I'm very pleased to be able to say that a cLiL to cLiMB has made it to the finals of Grammar.net's Best Grammar Blog 2011 competition. Voting lasts for three weeks, from today, 26th September until 17th October. The winner will be announced on or before Read More...
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