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Subject Verb Agreement

Hi Teachers, In this sentence: "I am a student who possess a year of experience in selling forzen chicken." Should the verb "possess " with es or without? IMO since it is refer to first person "I", it should be posse…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |

The use of ‘of’

Dear Friends,

I wonder if 'of' in the following is at the right place and correct:

Speech understanding is a matter of brainwork which is mental activity rather than of many times obscure or nonexistent expectation on the part of …

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |
 

Grammar

Could you please explain the difference between these sentences?
1- "I'll be going on holiday this year" ,shouldn't we say" I'm going on holiday this year"?.Is the verb go in future continuous means that it's progr…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |

Please correct my grammar

Hi
Last week I was really sick,I had feaver,throatpain and very bad head ache.That's why I was not able to mail You.I never had sick like this before.All my friends helped me a lot.My hubby helped me too,taking care of kids and otherside he have…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |
 

A Lovely Review of Things That Make Us [Sic]

This comes from the Freelance Writing Job Network’s Grammar Guide, Dawn Allcot:Have you ever read a book whose ideas resonated so strongly, you felt compelled to call up everyone you know and tell them about it? You want to throw up your fist and shout…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |

A Whole Nother (full episode)

For the final word on grammar, many writers turn to the Associated Press Stylebook. But if you find that stylebook too stuffy, you’ll love Fake AP Stylebook, the online send-up that features such sage journalistic advice “The plural of apostrophe i…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |
 

Please correct my grammar, thanks

Our top management has approved all the outstanding invoices; we will settle them before CNY holiday. Some invoices were re-calculated base on our customer’s formula. Please contact with our Finance Manager for the further arrangement.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |

Introducing ‘Böğürtlen’.

Hello! I've been studying English for a long time but I still need some help with grammar, speaking and listening. Can you help me to improve my English? Also I've been studying Italian, German, French and Hebrew and I want to learn Spanish and…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |

Articles a/an vs. the

Articles:
the:
1. used when the speakers know what is being talked about (specific)
2. used in the second mention.

a/an:
1. used in the first mention when we the the speaker or the listener does not know exactly what is being referred to (…

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |

Grammar and usage problem

I have some questions as follows:

1. Does the word "food" has its plural form? Is so, in which case? pls explain.

2. If I want to ask questions using "What kind of ….. do you like?" the noun in between, like sport, music…

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |