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A Christmas Story: A free audio e-book for you!

Posted on December 17, 2008, in About English, Advanced, Bits and Pieces, Books and Reading, Intermediate, Podcast, with 3 Comments

[display_podcast] Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And I send this to all of our readers, no matter whether you celebrate Christmas in your culture or not – may you all have a wonderful and prosperous 2009. Christmas is.

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Acronyms : OMG they are everywhere!

Posted on January 24, 2008, in About English, About Words, Bits and Pieces, English for Fun, Grammar FAQ, Intermediate, Podcast, Vocabulary, with 8 Comments

Question from English4Today member Vin in the USA: What is it called when letters are substituted for words, i.e., LOL stands for Laugh out loud. Hi Vin, they are everywhere and they are called ‘acronyms‘! An acronym was originally a.

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Happy New Year! But where does it come from?

Posted on January 1, 2008, in About English, About Words, Bits and Pieces, Grammar FAQ, Intermediate, Podcast, Vocabulary, with 2 Comments

Donuts! You might be wondering what that has to do with New Year or the English language – well read on and you’ll find out why Homer Simpson’s love of donuts may be his personal ‘lucky charm‘. First, Happy New.

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Positive Vocabulary List … absolutely juicy!

Posted on November 29, 2007, in About English, About Words, Bits and Pieces, Easy, English for Fun, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, with 1 Comment

[display_podcast] Being positive is not always easy in a world that gives us plenty of reasons not to be! Mainly to change the pace a little from the daily dose of grammar points that I send you, I thought I.

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Course required : English for scammers!

Posted on November 8, 2005, in Bits and Pieces, with 1 Comment

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