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5 English Phrases Even Native Speakers Get Wrong

If a word or phrase is spoken more than it is written, the correct spelling can be difficult to remember. This is a common problem with exclamations, e.g., whoa, aw, whoops, etc. As you might imagine, these exclamations don’t find their way into written prose all that often, and when they do, [...]

2018-05-24T08:52:44+00:00May 16th, 2018|Articles, Teaching|2 Comments

Five Uses For the Present Tense

Tenses can be confusing for students just learning a language, and English tenses can be especially tricky as the language has countless irregular verbs. The word “tense” means “time:” time shown by the verb. Whether a writer needs to describe something happening today, something happening tomorrow, or something that has already happened, [...]

2018-05-24T08:52:53+00:00July 29th, 2015|Articles, Teaching|0 Comments