Forming the Passive in English
Question from Christy in the Philippines When do we have to use the past participle…
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August 30, 2018
Hear and Listen: Easy confusion
Question from Khadija in Morocco: What is the difference between 'hear' and 'listen'? Answer: Hi,…
August 13, 2018
Would and Could: what is the difference?
Question from English4.today member Mahesh in India: What is the difference between ‘would’ and ‘could’?…
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July 23, 2018
Finding an Online English Language Teacher
Finding an online English language teacher More and more websites and Internet services are offering…
July 17, 2018
Insure or Ensure : As long as you’re covered!
Question from English4Today member, Irene in Canada: Using the services of my company ENSURES the…
July 15, 2018
Overcome and overcame: present and past forms
Question from Kayoko The past tense of 'overcome' is 'overcame'. But I hardly hear…
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July 13, 2018
Regret: Accepting with no regrets
Question from English4Today member Gireesh in the United Arab Emirates: Which one of the…
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July 12, 2018
Adverbs of certainty
Some of the most frequently asked questions that we get are about adverbs, often with…
July 8, 2018
‘IT’ : the Not-So-Personal Pronoun
Question: from Inês in Portugal I´m Portuguese and in my language the word - it…
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June 30, 2018
How to Write a Good Blog Post
We get a lot of requests from our students asking for tips about writing good,…
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June 24, 2018
Punctuation: choose your sense
Punctuation, especially in emails, seems to be an area that is virtually ignored. I’ve never…
June 19, 2018
Sentence Structure : Writing efficient sentences
Question from Rima in the USA: This sentence is driving us crazy! I realize it…
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June 13, 2018
Write or wrote the quote?
Question from Randall in the USA: In quoting a line from a book, is it…
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June 11, 2018
What is an oxymoron?
What is an oxymoron? Some people say that phrases like 'military intelligence' or 'honest politician'…
June 5, 2018
More problem prepositions arriving…
Question from Cathy in Canada: Can we say I arrive to work at 9 o'clock…
June 5, 2018