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Re: Names of different tenses

Cool Breeze — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:37:03 GMT

The infinitive is the basic form of a verb. If you don't know a verb and look it up in a dictionary, the dictionary gives you the infinitive, or more precisely the plain/bare present infinitive of the verb in question: speak, know, need etc. The full infinitive has the particle to before it: to speak, to know, to need. In English, the infinitive can never be inflected, which means that you cannot add an ending to it or conjugate it in any way. Examples of present infinitives:

I want to speak English. You must speak English. We will speak English. I had an opportunity to speak English. It's easy to speak English. They made us speak English. You had better speak English.

There are (only) two infinitives in English. Besides the above present infinitive, there is the perfect infinitive, which consists of [to] + have + past participle. It often refers to the past and is uninflected like the present infinitive. Examples of perfect infinitives:

He may have spoken English there. I wouldn't have spoken English. They need not have spoken English.

Both infinitives can be used in the passive voice as well and in this case you indeed have two past participles next to each other (have been + past participle). Examples of the present infinitive in the passive (be + past participle):

English must be spoken here. He wanted to be taken into account. She didn't expect to be seen there.

Examples of the perfect infinitive in the passive:

He may have been seen there. Something should have been done. To have been seen isn't the same as to have been caught.

You can read more about infinitives here.

English infinitives are very simple compared with the infintives of some other languages. You'll soon learn them.

The Germanic languages are a group of closely related languages including English, German, Dutch, Swedish etc. You can read more about them here.

You have a computer and the Internet at your disposal. You should be able to find out about basic things like these on your own.

Re: I am looking forward to (meet / meeting)? you

Mister Micawber — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:10:39 GMT

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I think you misunderstood. Have to + infinitive: I have to study; We have to speak English. 'Have (got) to' is classified as a semi-auxiliary verb, and 'to', I believe, is called an infinitive particle'.

Re: Are these two sentences correct? Thank you!

Smykac — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:01:22 GMT

Well, I did a revision of localities of a plant named Melampyrum bohemicum. It was based on an old article wich gathered all historically mentioned localities of this plant. These are two sentences describing results of the revision. My supervisor is convinced, that these two sentences are totaly wrong. I thaught if it could be because of stylistics or something...I don't know.

Re: nuclear

aNtiAmericaNiDoL — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:35:37 GMT

It's called an opinion, Avangi. I don't speak english solely to edit news articles... Try spicing it up some time and you'll enjoy the full benefits of this language too. The topic at hand is the ocean and radioactive material, is it not? I'm saying that while people may be irked that a sub is leaking minor amounts of radioactive tritium, there are MAJOR potential threats to human health below the surface. Our governments casually allow nuclear waste to be dumped on the ocean's floor while people shake their heads in disapproval over the incident involving this submarine.

Spoken English Easy English

anukulkijoy1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:17:07 GMT

Dear friends
I am Milan from India.Being an Indian I am keen on knowing or learning or speaking ENGLISH.
Because it(Spoken English) makes people smarter day by day.And this is also you can say LINGUA FRANK.So if you are not able to speak English,perhaps most of the people will ignore you.
Hay don't worry I will tell you how to speak English.It's as simple as water.

Just you all need to follow my easy instructions...

First of all you need to make a Schedule....like>>>
Every Wednesday I will give 10 modern(International)sentences and their meanings along with some words and their synonymies in this blog.
You need to mug all those things up and apply whenever you are speaking English.
Every last Wednesday i will give a topic.you just write your views and send it to me at <removed by a mod. Please include it in your profile.> ,The best writer's article will be published in my blog for next 30 days.
And make sure that round the clock you will speak English nothing els.
May be you will be speaking wrong English but end of the day it will help you.

That's all for the day(09/07/08).I will start to provide modern sentences from next Wednesday.

Regards
Milan
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Some words I do not understand.

Desireandlove — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:21:44 GMT

Hi!

Words with bold are the words I do not understand well. Could someone here therfore help me explaining what these words mean?

Hello soudi,

It is said quite often that you should practice talking in English or you will not learn. However, this has a âvery badâ effect if you do not have sufficient input of English.

If you do not have sufficient input, the sentences you form will be wrong. If these sentences formed are wrong, and no one corrects you, you will start to think that what you have said is correct. Because of this, your mind will be filled with wrong English sentences. Everything you say, all the sentences you form will be incorrect.

So, if you want to practice talking in English, you âmustâ make sure that the people around you will be in a position to correct you as soon as you make the mistake. If you want to practice speaking in English, you have to speak English correctly. If you speak incorrectly you âmust knowâ that you have spoken incorrectly.

Unfortunately, most English learners do not have native English speakers around them who will always correct them when they go wrong. In this case, it is wise to first get enough input of the language before you âutter even the first word.â

Input is basically any correct English that you may hear or read. If you listen to an English radio station, that is input. If you read a book, then that is input. If you hear to fluent English speakers talking then that is input. If a fluent English speaker is talking to you in English then that is input. Reading this article is input!

Re: I Want To Be Fluent English Speaker How Please?

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:27:15 GMT

Hello soudi,

It is said quite often that you should practice talking in English or you will not learn. However, this has a âvery badâ effect if you do not have sufficient input of English.

If you do not have sufficient input, the sentences you form will be wrong. If these sentences formed are wrong, and no one corrects you, you will start to think that what you have said is correct. Because of this, your mind will be filled with wrong English sentences. Everything you say, all the sentences you form will be incorrect.

Unfortunately, most English learners do not have native English speakers around them who will always correct them when they go wrong. In this case, it is wise to first get enough input of the language before you âutter even the first word.â

Re: How do you pronounce? 1: Annie 2: Anne

Grammar Geek — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:10:06 GMT

1. Yes, the article "an" and the letter E, with the stress on the first syllable.

2. Just like the article "an"

3. I've never seen this name before. Ask the mother who dreamed it up. Diane, however, is a common name: die-AN.

4. That's Spanish. In my terrible Spanish pronunciation, it's ha-blow in-GLACE (rhymes with "place"). I'm sure a Spanish speaker will correct me. My lack of Spanish is why I would need to ask if they speak English.

Re: Free english learning sites

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:10:42 GMT

Dj Bueno wrote:

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Breaking News English.com - Ready-to-use EFL / ESL lesson plans based on current affairs. Graded news articles, listenings and communicative activities uploaded daily.

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Index of English Language Resources

TalkEnglish.com
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Re: Please help me proof it. Thanks

Cheese1987 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:39:46 GMT

Julielai wrote:

Some parts in red for you to fix

Cheese1987 wrote:

Thank you!

Account of the recent language learning experience and insights gained through the course both inside and outside of class

      I have learnt some useful skills in the course in these months.(incomplete sentence) The most impressing (missing three letters) lesson teach me how to write a composition in an (article) appropriate (sp.) style. I do know it is important to choose the appropriate style and tone when writing. I also understand that language style can be classified as formal, neutral and informal before. However, I do not know how I can write in an appropriate style correctly. The skills are not taught when I am in secondary school. After the lesson, I understand choice of vocabulary, sentence structure and grammar, use of transitional words and phrases, use of punctuation and use of abbreaviations and short forms affect the language style. I feel happy that I know how I can write in an appropriate style now. I believe that I can match the type of writing more correctly and therefore, my writing will _not__ _be__ (Insert words here) awkward or unnatural.

      Reading English newspapers also helps me to improve my English. I am not used to reading English newspaper before. But I am required to buy South China Morning Post from the courses. From then on I try to make reading South China Morning Post to be my daily routine. I find that it is an effective way to learn more vocabularies. It also helps me to broaden my horizon(Review your use of not only but also) Now I read South China Morning Post form Yahoo. So I can read South China Morning Post everyday. I deeply believe that South China Morning Post is worth reading.

Personal changed feelings/opinions/attitude towards English language learning

    I am convinced that English language learning are stressful and frustrating before. I feel nervous when everyone is focus on me and when teacher is listening carefully. I believe this feeling comes from my self- doubt. I think classmates are step ahead of me. I also cannot correctly pronounce some sounds and sets of sound. To be frank, I have thought that English is no more important because I am in Chinese Language and Literature Programme. I no need to improve my English anymore.

However, my friends told me that mastery of the English language is important. Hong Kong being a service - oriented economy, the advantage of having a competent English-speaking work force has become all the more improtant. I know that being a Chinese Language and Literature student is only an excuse to avoid learning English (You shouldn't think like that! Nothing wrong with being a Chinese major.). This thought only badly affects my interest and progress of learning English. I do know that if I lose the interest of learning English, my English cannot improve anymore. I need to find some ways to prevent feeling so embarrassed.

     There are ways for me to prevent feeling so embarrassed. I think the most practical way is to improve English. I should study English continuously. When I find some words that I cannot pronouce, I will check the electronic dictionary immediately. I will also try to speak English with my friends. I believe I can speak English fluently if I often do that. My friends can also kindly point out my grammatical mistakes. They will not laugh at my absurd mistakes. Therefore, I will not feel embarrassed anymore.

Personal Learning Plan

Long term goals:

a)         To get a C grade in Use of English in Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination

b)        To get a band score of 7 in IELTS

Short term goals:

a)         To finish all the exercises in Advanced Grammar in Use.

b)        To keep reading South China Moring Post and Hong Kong Standard

c)        To write compositions

Materials to use:

a)         Advanced Grammar in Use Exercise book

b)        South China Morning Post

c)        Hong Kong Standard

Activities to engage in:

a)         To join some workshops held by ITC

b)        To exchange oversea in Summer

How often:

a)         Doing 3 exercises everyday

b)        Reading Newspapers everyday (Look up the difference between "every day" and everyday)

c)        Writing a composition every 2 weeks

Mode of learning:

a)         Keep doing exercise and composition

b)        Keep reading newspapers

Mode of assessment:

a)         To sit for Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination.

b)        To sit for IELTS.