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Here, for all, is fine example of the workings of TEFLese: There are, then, at least two kinds of language production as part of the learning process in the classroom. At times people produce language in order to communicate. At other times they produce language simply in order to practise...

With Do you like ...? you are normally asking about a habitual activity. A plural object is commonly used if the object is countable. You can usually add from time to time or a similar adverbial phrase without contradicting the meaning or changing the meaning significantly. With activities the...

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

Number 2 has a double meaning. "Developing" can be taken as an adjective in this sentence.i.e.:I'm not interested in developing websites, only ones that are already completed.

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Clive wrote:He is most likely to be released before June. eg He might be released in December, he might be released in August, he might be released before June. There are 3 or more alternatives.Hi CliveWhat you say is true if we consider most likely a relative superlative. However, it can also...

Hello CalifJim!I've been looking at some texts containing both succeeded at and succeeded in but I'm not really sure of what I am going to say.I've seen that they both are followed by a verb in gerund."Succeeded in" is followed by a place --> Succeede in Middle East."Succeeded at" is followed...

MrPedantic wrote: Hello Pucca, "I second" = "I support": when someone proposes a course of action in a meeting, or a motion in a debate, someone else might say "I second that", or simply "seconded", to register support. "Amen" concludes prayers, etc., and implies "Let it be so!". "I think...