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Hello to all, I believe that to learn English depends of the interest of individual and depending of the English knowledge you wanted to learn. like for instance, if you want to speak English all you have to do is to listen very carefully to some tools such as CD, DVD, tapes etc. either audio...

Hi AnonI'm not sure I understand your first question, but I assume you want to know how you would pronounce the grades or scores. First of all, I would like to mention that we would not use a comma, but rather a decimal point (which looks the same as a period or full stop). As to pronunciation,...

WesternAmerican wrote: Thank you very much, Liat.I appreciate your help, once again.It might mean nothing to you, but it means a lot to me. I enjoy studying English, and all of those small things mean a lot to me. No, you are wrong, WesternAmerican. It might mean nothing to you, but it...

I believe this question is best answered by someone who sees it from the former learner's point of view because natives don't have to go through the seemingly impossible phases that the ESL learners must go through. To put it in perspectives I would offer the following for your reference: ...

Emeritus Professor John C. Wells in his daily phonetic blog on Firday 20 October 2006: Unusual pronunciations observed recently in the mouths of native speakers of English: from a CNN newsreader, to obey someone sl/æ/vishly. Since the point being made was the possible offensiveness of this...

Davidrock65 wrote: Harrys English has made incredible progress since I started teaching him. His pronunciation is getting better and better. Please have him review the past form of verbs, as I noticed that he had forgot some of them, and read as many as he can, the sentences in the past that...

Improving your motivation Before you start reading, you should know this: Learning English requires action. You may know all the learning tips, but if you don't start doing things, you will achieve nothing. Therefore our method is not just for reading; it is for reading and doing. You need...

Dear Tutors, I hope that everybody is having a nice week-end. I have a punctuation problem for this type of sentence: One thing I have difficulty adapting to in English, is the pronunciation. But the first question, is "Where was she born?" Do I need a comma before "is?" Am I right...

rainadaman Your English is not bad at all. I was easily able to understand exactly what you said, even though there were a few minor mistakes. Please do not be too hard on yourself. Of course, you can improve, but so can we all. The biggest challenge Indian people have when using English, is...

Standard English, also known as Standard Written English or SWE, is the form of English most widely accepted as being clear and proper. Publishers, writers, educators, and others have over the years developed a consensus of what standard English consists of. It includes word choice, word...