I feel ignorant... I don't know what a noun phrase is. Ok, wait, checking on Wikipedia in progress... found! --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_phrase If noun phrases are like those, then I don't think they are much of a problem. But

Dear Loretta: Thank-you for your letter. It is always interesting to hear from someone with a similar background or interest. Let me answer some of your questions for you. I want to share with you what I have learned over the years in this

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones,

I have not had any particular motives in mind. I have just responded to other people's posts. I think you misunderstand what I am trying to get at it. If you are teaching someone Thai and you say "Thai nouns have no plural" you may give the

Hello Please look at the three sentences below, which I picked up online. 1. She spent the time in working at home 2. She spent the time working at home. 3. The time working at home is gradually increasing. Sentence #1 was traditionally deemed

Paco2004 wrote: Hello RVW Thank you for the answer. Your thought sounds someway more reasonable. But still I cannot feel confident. If "teaching English" is appositive to "a position", I think, "She found teaching English at a high school" should

Hi Clive You don't say "a teching English position" but you say "an English teaching position". This "English teaching" is neither a present participle nor a gerund. I take it as a noun phrase made by the nominalization of a verbal phrase

Hello RVW Thank you for the answer. Your thought sounds someway more reasonable. But still I cannot feel confident. If "teaching English" is appositive to "a position", I think, "She found teaching English at a high school" should be idiomatic,

Hello We often come across a sentence as below. (EX) She found a position teaching English at a high school. I understand the meaning of the sentence. But I'm wondering how to parse the sentence. From the meaning, "teaching English" should be a

Hi. I am doing a course of Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Just need some help and guidlines in a few querries. Following are the questions. make sure to answer with complete explanation and ample of examples so that i