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You will need some books or lessons to start you off, but one of the best ways to learn is to hear as much spoken English as you can. Can you get English TV or radio programmes? Have a holiday in England? Make friends with some English speakers? I am a native English speaker. I have only...

Hello there. My name is Lina. i'm not a native speaker but i'm interested in learning english. Now i'm taking a diploma course of ELT. I really need help in explaining those two things of english grammar. Can you please give me spesific example and evidence of each rules? If i were to...

Speaking as a teacher, I get irritated when I see questions like this in an examination. I feel that it is a trick question. I hope it was not in an exam for those learning English as a Second language. It is grammatically correct to say whomever but I doubt is one in a thousand would say it....

It's a shame that your school, like too many others in this country, decided that the study of grammar was dispensable. It gives you a significant handicap when studying foreign languages if you don't know the technicalities of your own language's grammar. (Not everyone would agree with that last...

I am currently studying Russian and I am finding it very hard to learn without a good basic knowledge of english grammar (which sadly was not on my school curriculum). What I would like is an easily understandable way to learn the different cases ie: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative,...

Hi, IELTS (advanced). The more I read, the more patterns I saw; they’re like chunks that I modify slightly as needed. Maybe that’s why I believe it’s best to try for phrases rather than words and grammar: too difficult. My references? A very good library system and common English reference books...

Hi, I believe that English is very hard for Mandarin speakers; however, it’s very much harder for English speakers to use mandarin! You’re a software engineer, right? I’m a financial analyst and I read a great deal very quickly. Your work is scientific, my work is more semantic. You use logic to...

About English as a second language, I am in a dilemma: Am I learning English as a second language? Let's not get technical, but here's the case: English was not the lingua franca of Philippines. A newly passed legislation made English as the primary learning language in the Philippines. Prior...

Hi NCJ Try the following to books: Basic English Grammar - Betty Schrampfer Azar Essential Grammar in Use - Raymond Murphy Good luck with your Spanish-learning. Enjoy the verb conjuagtions and especially the Subjunctive! Que te vaya bien!

Hello, As I learn the Spanish language, I realize how tenuous a grip on English I have. I was wondering if someone could recommend a book that explains English language constructs to a native speaker. I am a computer scientist, so I struggle with the incomplete definitions that are in many...