13 Mar
I have mentioned this excellent program before. Everyone should have one, and it is free. Now, however, you have to state that you been on no more than two commercial flights in the past year! That could make life harder for some ESL students I know…
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7 May
I downloaded this little beauty some years ago. My coachee Damien was so impressed when we used it in tuition a few weeks ago that he asked how he could get one and was amazed to learn it is free. Read about it. The only odd thing is the condition of use: Use of [...]
17 Dec
What is an idiom?
RECOMMENDED: Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Idioms. Go to their IDIOM OF THE WEEK.
“Idioms are words, phrases, or expressions that are unusual either grammatically, as in ‘Long time, no see!’ or there is a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements, as in ‘It’s raining cats and dogs!’ [...]
13 Dec
I still recommend advanced students look at books like R W Burchfield, The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (3rd edition Oxford University Press 1996), but the best these days is The Cambridge Guide to English Usage ed. Pam Peters (2004). The text is not online but the site does feature an online quiz.
There are [...]
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