http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/siu82english/ This is a blog of an English Teacher who read the law in the university. He pointed out a lot of English pronunciation and grammar problems through his blog.

Hi all! I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little

When I attended school in the late Middle Ages, I never wondered whether I was taught British or American English. I suppose I was taught both: differences in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. I find it strange that anyone would like to

Thank you Grammar Geek for your compliment, I am glad to be here with you sharing and learning. In fact I have also meant what you said. If the pronunciation starts with a consonant sound then it takes "a", as in "university". Besides, as in

Thanks, anon. Without your post, I would have missed this thread. Goodman wrote: Hi CJ, What an impressive thread you have posted. You have slowly made me a fan of yours. Yep! CalifJim wrote: In any case, the struggle for

Hi, Kooyeen, Kooyeen wrote: I know you won't like my answer, but... what's wrong? That part of speech was ok. My goal is to talk like that. Ok, not really like that, but that was not "non-English", so it was ok in the end (I guess). I

Grammar Geek wrote: Not that this is on topic, but I'm intrigued. A posting outside a building is called a label in BrE? What is a sign? Well, GG, it's in NnsE - Non-native speaker's English! In other words, using label is a sign that you're

Hello, Sweet Desert, you know, I'm about your age (24). I graduated from University some time ago and during my studies, I faced such problem as you've described, too. But I tried to avoid correcting not only teachers, but also fellow-students

My name is Paula. I am a qualified and experienced English language teacher. I hold a BA degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford as well as the Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign (Second)