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Grammar FAQ

Why be Passive?: Forming the Passive in English

Posted on November 30, 2007, in Advanced, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, with 1 Comment

[display_podcast] Question from Christy in the Philippines When do we have to use the past participle of the verb when the tense of your statement is in the present tense. This is because I get confused when someone asks me.

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Nouns, Adjectives … and what about the verb?

Posted on November 30, 2007, in About English, About Words, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, Power User, with 0 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from George in the USA: Is it correct to say: And now, a wide variety of ENERGY STAR appliances qualify for Hawaiian Electric Rebates.’ Or is it more correct to say: ‘And now, a wide variety of ENERGY.

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‘On a holiday’ or ‘for a holiday’?

Posted on November 30, 2007, in About English, About Words, Easy, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, Vocabulary, with 2 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from Sarika in India: Which is correct ‘on holiday‘ or ‘for a holiday‘ A quick answer to Sarika’s question: Sarika, you can use ‘for’ or ‘on’ with holiday and both would be correct. You can also drop the.

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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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Read and Study: Am I studying when I’m reading?

Posted on November 26, 2007, in About Words, Grammar FAQ, Intermediate, Podcast, with 0 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from Dawood in Pakistan What’s the difference between ‘read’ and ’study’? Hello Dawood. There may sometimes be a confusion between ‘read’ and ’study’, especially when the context is academic, but really these two verbs have quite different meanings..

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Making the Negative with ‘DO’

Posted on November 26, 2007, in Easy, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, with 0 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from Rick in the USA Why do we say “I did not meet him” rather than “I did not met him”, since this is the past tense? Hi Rick. I’m going to answer this one although the answer.

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Simple Present or Present Continuous?

Posted on November 23, 2007, in Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Intermediate, Podcast, with 0 Comments

[display_podcast] Question: What is the correct form: He is a student, but he (isn’t going, doesn’t go) to school right now because it’s the summer holiday? Hi Alshoala, your question is really about the use of the Simple Present and.

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Biography or Autobiography

Posted on November 23, 2007, in About English, About Words, Easy, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, with 2 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from Suresh Prabhu, India: What is the difference between biography and autobiography? Hello Suresh and thanks for your question. Well, this is a very quick and easy one to answer: Biography: Biography is the story of a person’s.

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Could I … Would I … understand what it means?

Posted on November 23, 2007, in Advanced, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Podcast, with 19 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from Mahesh in India: What is the difference between ‘would’ and ‘could’? Hi Mahesh. This is a very common question and there seems to be a lot of confusion about what the difference is exactly between ‘would’ and.

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Just in Time: Just once … only once

Posted on November 22, 2007, in About Words, Grammar, Grammar FAQ, Intermediate, Podcast, with 0 Comments

[display_podcast] Question from George in the Romania: How does ‘once’ change when it is with ‘just‘ or ‘only‘? Hi George. Thanks for your question. As you know ‘once‘ means an action that is performed one time only. So if we.

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