By Expressions, Vocabulary

1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were performed THROUGHOUT the next ten years"-- many times /every year in that periodb) "He had acted /...

Dear teachers, Would you please help me with the following difficuties? 1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were (?) performed THROUGOUT /...

Hi, Thanks to those programs, my English is getting better. The narrators speak slowly, clearly, and precisely. My vocabulary chest is filling up gradually. However, I wish I could watch series about relationship and interaction between family members or people in regular daily life....

Hi David,2 x 3 = 6 movies in 2 days! LOL, that's a lot!Anyway... David Little wrote:My problem is i could"nt understand the dialogues properly without the sub-title turned on....hmm, ok, let's try this. Try to answer this question.When you don't understand, you turn the subtitles on. After you...

I certainly disagree that business English is sufficient to teach medical English. It is not just a question of specific vocabulary but usage of certain words and expressions in a medical context. Listen to the free material in Talking Medicine and you'll see what I mean. Good luck !

So, we can say that differences just appear at pronunciation level. And have your students or you, personally, ever found any expressions, vocabulary or structures which are typical in "Maltese English"?. Thanks for your help!!

Hi guys, I'm new at these boards (I don't even have an account!) and I just want to ask all of you a question. It's an open-ended question with lots of details, so please bear with me because this is going to be pretty long.I'll start by saying that English is not my native language. I've had...

I agree that it would be better to learn a different expression like "rats!". It is upsetting to me when nonnative speakers learn the "bad words" quickly and feel like they have to use them....sometimes more freely than any other word. In my youth, I was taught that people who constantly used...

I agree with Prez1dent, because I think listening helps you improve your skill of understanding other people and learn colloquial expressions.On the other hand, reading helps you improve your vocabulary, but it depends on what kind of books you read. I think reading modern books it's better to...

Forbes wrote:Cool Breeze, your English is faultless! I think that Mr P has hit the nail on the head. In English the complexity resides in the syntax. Many say that English has no "grammar" because you do not need to grapple with conjugations and declensions, but of course if it had no grammar...