By English grammar, Vocabulary

Yes, this also happens to me. I have been receiving notifications from Vocabulary and Idioms, Speech and Pronunciation, but never from General English Grammar.

Technically 'written' would be incorrect since it suggests using your hand to write something out. 'Stated' fits in perfectly.Bernice

A legend is a story which is normally told by older generations to younger ones...and very often there is an element of truth to it, even though there would be no real proof. Folklore refers more to a set of traditions which are found within a particular group of people.So it could be said (as...

Hello, I'd recommend 'Learning Teaching' by Jim Scrivener. This is one which is recommended during CELTA courses and is a nice introduction. There is also a series of books called 'How to teach ..'. For example, I liked 'How to teach Grammar' by Scott Thornbury, and the series includes 'How to...

Philip wrote:I concur with this excellent analysis. Thank you for your kind words, Philip. However, I do think I don't really deserve the excellent-grasp-of-English icon that I have because my vocabulary isn't nearly as large as that of a native speaker. Quite honestly, I don't think some of...

Hi,my English is not good at all, really, but I'm improving. If you want to know how I improved and how I'm improving, then... let's just say I used to read some stuff in Practical English Usage by Michael Swan and English Grammar in Use (Cambridge University Press), but then I stopped relying on...

Forbes wrote:Cool Breeze, your English is faultless! I think that Mr P has hit the nail on the head. In English the complexity resides in the syntax. Many say that English has no "grammar" because you do not need to grapple with conjugations and declensions, but of course if it had no grammar...

Hi ForbesThank you for your long reply. I do appreciate it. I would just like to say that I my opinion is based on the knowledge I have of the Germanic and Romance languages and it is of course very subjective. I fully understand that not everyone agrees with me and what I consider easy may be...

I took a summer job in England to learn English after I had graduated from school. My duties included serving drinks from the hotel pub to people who preferred to have their drinks in the lounges next to Reception. I had been there just a few days and was getting accustomed to many things that...

Hi, everybody! Maybe I should have started with "well," but I can ensure you that I'm the original poster, while this guy Anonymous wrote: Well, I have a half-finished game of noughts and crosses tattooed on my forehead. If you do too, then I guess... is not (but I found his/her post...