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I am trying to formulate guidelines for learners of English as a foreign language with regards the use of may/might/could to express possibility. It seems to me that you can use these three modals (almost) interchangeably when expressing possibility. For example, 'Where's Mary?' 'I'm not sure....

Ana, if you are trying to understand the difference between the present perfect and the past simple, well, you can't? And why? Because every learner have been trying to do that since English was invented, but no one has ever succeeded! It is a trap! Ok, seriously, I can tell you the way I...

8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) The article an is used before vowel sounds, not vowel letters. The word one is pronounced wun. The w is not a vowel sound even though the o in o-n-e is a vowel. So a must be used...

Let me pose a hypothetical question; Would you be happy to know a tracking device had been inserted into your shoe without your knowledge? The purpose of this tracking device is to allow advertisers (and others) to change the signs on the billboards you see as you walk or drive along the road,...

A rubber would be understood as a condom in the US. Back in more innocent times, they would have been understood as galoshes. Here's a partial list from Modern English Usage by Fowler, although some may be out of date: English ********** American nappy ***********...