In the States, we come up with new lingos and idioms all the time, no? I don't know. I've never seen "no" used as a sentence tag that way, for example. I was told that "yes?" would sound like "mexican" or

I am so glad to see this question and the responses. I have been living in France for the last 13 years and teaching English as a Second Language. This "go missing" usage was one of my favorite examples of the differences between British

It sounds weird because many active verbs we simply do not use in passive, even though it can theoretically be done. That is the basic problem with the Active-Passive Conversion exercises that some ESL teachers seem to love (probably because they

I am looking for a suitable Ph.d thesis topic with relevance to ESL learners.

Short answer: Yes, but i'm not as likely to use it that way. Opti is the faster typist - he posted 2 minutes before I did! Maybe he'll give his opinion too, but if someone said "I've been sick" (remember in the

Can you to the ESL chat here now please so I can chat with you?

but it was not as this before every one here is getting his /her name in both the columns (here both columns means that small column having the heading Live Chat and the other one is ESL Chat Chatter column) the problem i am facing is i m not

Hi, I am a law lecturer at an Australian University. I have plenty of law teaching experience, and I am looking to make a short term move to Spain to teach English. It would be good to teach legal English - as this will assist in my teaching at

Hello, An EFL test question goes: If you __ in America, you must have found that Americans are almost all colors and races. An option is " had been ;" the other option is " were ." -- 1. In my humble opinion,

9. She is very intelligent. She (can not have thought/ couldn't have thought) that! can not have thought Why is this the correct answer? I got it from here: http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_pastforms_answer.htm Thank you!