Hi, I'm Rudy. I'm going to be an English teacher next year. I've come across a question about Infinitives, and this time, I would like to hear as many opinions as possible on this. In most of English reference books in Japan, the

Hi, According to my reference book, be going to is more common in spoken English. I don't agree with your textbook. Can I use it in formal written essay? Definitely. There's no difference between spoken and written English

I notice from your tags that you refer to Britain, and unlike many people on this site, I live there. Firstly, there are certain phrases that are still commonly used in Britain, which may not be taken in a literal sense but are understood

In today's commercial world a customer has a lot of options to choose from when deciding with which company  he should do business with. So the top priority of any business should be to keep the customer loyal so that he doesn't go for

Hello Anon, You have an interesting view of language. what is correct based on decisions made by grammar experts We don't have an Academy of English. People do not tell us "what is correct." We have various standards of

Yet is a common English word that when used as a conjunction , is equivalent to "but" or "nevertheless". However, used as an adverb, yet defines an action's persistence in time . Perhaps uniquely in English, the word can

Hi, I'm Andrea. I'm from the Philippines and I have been teaching English for Korean students for 4 years now. And I'd like to enrich my knowledge further. I have looked up several books/ references but I still couldn't figure this

In the sentence you ask about, include s is the correct form. If you name a company, in isn'tthe right preposition; use for or at instead: He used to work for Nokia. You can of course work in a restaurant if you think of it as a place rather

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Opportunity knocks is the first words of a popular proverb / idiom about opportunity Opportunity knocks but once. Other proverbs are Strike while the iron is hot. Make hay while the sun shines. All mean that it is best to act on an opportunity