. Do you think we should not link two words with a hyphen when one is an abbreviation ( I think it is) like ESL and the other is a participle?-- That is not a valid guideline. Also, do you think linking an adjective and a participle and form an

Hi. Do you think we should not link two words with a hyphen when one is an abbreviation ( I think it is) like ESL and the other is a participle? Also, do you think linking an adjective and a participle and form an adjective with them is correct?

Hi all I'm an ESL teacher, but business English is not really my domain, so I'm struggling with a letter someone asked me to translate (from Dutch to English). Would you be so kind to check the letter and correct any

Welcome to EF. You can ask grammatical questions on this forum. There are several other forums for discussions, problems in pronunciation etc. You could start by learning that all words which are names of languages are capitalized in E nglish:

I believe that, among others, The Times, Oxford University Press and the OED prefer the "-ize" spelling. As a teacher of English as a second language I prefer the "-ise" spelling because the rules are simpler. All you wanted to

John Briggs schrieb: In the UK, "organise" is spelled with an 's'. Not always - but I always do, if only to annoy Americans :-) I believe that, among others, The Times, Oxford University Press and the OED prefer the

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Don Myers wrote on 20 Nov 2004: Teachers tell students to practice reading. Students then run across many words they've never heard pronounced. As they see the ... quickly pick out the word in a list be helpful even though there is no meaning

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Or an EFL/ESL teacher. We also use those abbreviations, But not, I imagine, when writing to native English speakers. native English-speaker and non-native English-speaker. I'd say your are overstating your case. I don't think so. Outside