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I have taught English as a Second language to new learners. The question/answer pair "What is this?" / "This is a ..."  is lesson 2 (after introductions "Hello, my name is...", "What's your name?") t teaches students how to ask for vocabulary words. ...

Thank you for agreeing with me. However, agreeing isn't necessary at all. Diversity makes life interesting! As for your sentences, I have already explained my opinion about structures like these, but if people disagree with me, that's just fine. I don't mind in the least. In the...

I must say in retrospect that this is not a productive way to look at the question of whether "history" requires a definite article. New2's point about "history" as an abstract ("first time in history"; "history repeats itself"; "the study of...

I just joined this Forum a few days ago. I do not know what I going to tell you is still relevant. I have come across an article "Who" or "Whom" (relative pronouns) , careful perusal and digestion of which may be of great help.

1) Here are some links with better explanations than I could probably give. http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html 2) "An" is easy. You always use it before you talk about a noun that starts with a vowel. Exception:...

Hi, Can someone please help me? I have to do a grammar analysis of an article for homework and I am having trouble working out the difference between verbs and gerunds , particulary in one sentence of the article. I want to know how the words joining and succumbing are being used? "His...

Hi, please check these sentences. 1. Among the rooms available for rent is a single large room that will hold 200 people. -- Does the phrase "among the rooms available for rent" qualifies as a subject that needs to be followed with 'is'? 2. Check out prior week's articles. -- I think we...

Thank you all for your answers. With your advice and after hours of studying various sentences from Google search, I come to the following conclusions: 1. Many people, including English speaking natives, do use nonstandard English to express their thoughts. 2. As English language keeps evolving,...

Hoa Thai wrote: First, thank you for your reply. Now if you can help me a bit further, I would appreciate very much. If advice is an uncountable abstract noun, then advices must be wrong, right? ( Yesterday, my father gave me his advice. Today, my mother gives me hers. I don't like their two...

Hi Doll, Calm down Jackson. You will find the answer you want in the end. If you don't want any other person to answer your posts, please add " teachers reply only" .And what is wrong with learning other sides of point? I think it is a chance for you to learn compound nominal predicate ....