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Kung Fu Skills Not Essential

So you love English, love social media, are open to relocating, perhaps to China, specially if you also…
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In/into and on/onto

English prepositions cause a great deal of confusion for non-native speakers. This article is about some…
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Rarely will a person be able to explain such a thing!

Apparently, generally speaking, we invert subject and verb (or DO as auxiliary) when a (near-) negative…
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Reduce reduce reduce!

What am I talking about? - Reductions!What are reductions? - These are shortened, combined, or 'reduced'…
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“So” or “too”? Know the difference and why it matters!

One of the most common problems I hear with my students every day is the misuse of “so” or “too.”  Wow,…
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Do you know your colloquial pairs?

Many of my IELTS students make a point of studying their idioms and phrasal verbs, mostly as it's a clear…
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The Word Detectives

In the Scripps National Spelling Bee championship held in the USA, the joint teenage champions had to…
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Don’t recommend it, suggest it instead

I recently had a query from one of my students which went a bit like this... “I have understood all…
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5 Common Grammar Mistakes

Error #1: Run-on Sentence or Comma Splice A run-on sentence is a sentence that joins two independent…

Hold the front page!

I think that this little exercise is one of the most fun activities that you can do that will vastly…
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IELTS

I have a lot of students who are studying for the IELTS exams, both Academic and General. A lot of them…

Tips on making “small talk”

For the majority of my students, making “small talk,” or short conversation with strangers or co-workers,…