I'm sorry, but I cannot think of any word to define the mistake with 'alloweded'-- it is just a slip of the tongue, it seems to me. No exercise is needed; just explain to the student what has happened (the student has duplicated the -ed ending in

zhengquan schrieb: The Collins Cobuild English Dictionary pronounces the new way, and ... resource. Can the s-z evolution be attributed to Americanism invasion? My Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English gives both pronunciations, but

David schrieb: David schrieb: I find the last sentence incomprehensible, if ... could interpret for those of us who don't come Yorkshire. Well, even the trolling "blue sow" managed to pick out that I'd made a transposition error

Is this what you're after? Maybe be too TEFL-ey/basic for your audience (sorry if you've thought of these already) - clean up our board: after a particularly messy lesson, work with students to organise the board into a set of clear notes

The /tS/ pronunciation is the only correct one, but in ... I've never noticed the phenomenon you describe. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Thanks Einde O'Callaghan, Excuse me, you say the only correct manner to pronounce it is with the

That's a spelling mistake, not a grammar mistake. It's a grammatical error in the same way that "didn't wanted to" is a grammatical error. It would be the same if "didn't wanted to" was pronounced the same as

Perceiving "used to" to be a modal verb leads ... used to" and "I use to" in a past sense. That's a spelling mistake, not a grammar mistake. It's a grammatical error in the same way that "didn't wanted

How do I seem to have fallen into that trap? Clearly, they would be effectively two different words. Your use of "would be" instead of "are" reveals that you evidently still don't understand the true meanings of "used

Hi, Being a non native speaker, I'd like to know how native English read to learn, in particular how to deal with English spelling (also, how do they learn to write) If you're interested in the whole sorry history of educational fads

representation learnt though guide I your Note to Janet: I'm not American - I'm from northern England (Sheffield). Dear Jonathan, Sorry about that. I suppose it's a mistake to suppose that everyone's American. Janet Australia,