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Dear Sir / Madam I am a qualified and experienced English teacher and I have been teaching in Korea for the past two years. My command of the English language is superb, I speak with a clear accent and I am careful to pronounce and articulate with clarity when students are listening. It is with...

Cool Breeze wrote: Some people call it 'the Häkkinen passive' after Formula One driver Mika Häkkinen, who was good at the wheel but languages were not his forte -- not even the Finnish language. Häkkinen is not the originator of this awkward construction, though, he just used it a lot. That's...

CalifJim wrote:If a student points to some construction and asks me if it's the subjunctive or not, I can't reply, 'No, it's a monkey!'Now there you are wrong! You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want! In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your...

Rommie, I am in a same situation. I would like to develop my English skills in both writting and speaking. What do you recomend? I would like too know if there any books or other tools that I can use to accomplish my goal. Please help me. You may email me at <email address removed by mod.> ...

In several American movies I've heard (perhaps I've misunderstood) expressions like "She don't know", "He don't live here". The contexts were quite familiar or informal. I know this must be speaking English, but I would like to know what you think about this. I think it's wonderful. No doubt if...