By Prepositions, Learning English

1. Only I'm going to Spain to learn Spanish is right. For learning Spanish could be used in a sentence like: This is a good book for learning Spanish.2. In theory, the preposition is needed since live can't be used as a transitive verb: He lives a place. We have to say: He lives in a...

Hi all, I have some questions about the usage of to-infinitive: (1) What would be the differences between ' I'm going to Spain to learn Spanish ' and ' I'm going to Spain for learning Spanish ' ? (2) Which would be grammatical? 'I have a place to live' vs....

Hee, hee. I knew I'd get a rise out of somebody! The three most overworked are di, a, and in, I think. Poor guys. They have to do almost everything. My point is that language pairs work both ways. What's a headache going in one direction is almost always a headache going in the...

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

If we really want to split hair, I’ll say a mistakes is something done incorrectly, because of not knowing how to do it correctly, or simply misunderstanding the proper method or procedure. On the other hand, an error is the result of oversight or carelessness which is different from a mistake....

i have just been learning english. on the way i found many misunderstanding of preposition as so far i knew it should be learnt by rote it like manifold irregular verb we know. what i want to ask about is whether the preposition itself can be easy-identified and characterized to make it more...

Hello Hamoody, Welcome to the forum. I think people were a little bit daunted by the number of questions here, you might get more response if you ask everything separately. let's start with days, months and year. on a day (on Wednesday) but in a month or year (in September, in 1987). i am on...

Why some people say: I live in the street. And someones say: I live on the street. Which preposition is correct? Or maybe both are. I've been learning English and my book which I'm using to learn says that "in the street" is right and "on the street" is wrong when I want to say where I live.

Kooyeen wrote:Ah, yes, I forgot "onto". We do love our adverbial particles and prepositions! I'm afraid those who are learning English don't think the same, lol Thank you. What does lol stand for?

Ah, yes, I forgot "onto". We do love our adverbial particles and prepositions! I'm afraid those who are learning English don't think the same, lol Thank you.