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Re: Which is better & why?

Hi, Where did you find these? They all sound pretty archaic in terms of syntax and vocabulary. Do you want us to update them? Why bother? Clive

Re: Occupational English Exam ( OET )

Dear allI've just put a whole heap of info on the OET on my previous post, but I also wanted to add this important information for nurses:-Here in Queensland, Australia, there are 3 choices for NESB-1. OET2. IELTS - you need a score of 7.5, which seems unattainable for some - I had a German...

Re: it's ten of 5.00

Hi OpenmindHave you ever considered changing your moniker to "DoubtingThomas"? (Just teasing you a little!)To put it in the simplest possible terms, using 'of' instead of 'to' when telling time is basically simply a matter of replacing the word 'to' with the...

Re: multilingual Europeans

Hi KotoI realise you may never read this but I'll post it just the same. Not all European languages are related. My native language, Finnish, isn't even an Indo-European language. It is related to Estonian and Hungarian but not to such Germanic languages as English, German, Danish,...

Message from John Cleese

> *Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A.!* > > A Message from John Cleese (British comedian) > > > To: The citizens of the United States of America: > > > In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President > of the USA and thus to govern...

Please review my Recommendation Letter

Hi All, I wrote the attached recommendation letter and I need someone to review it, since I am italian and I'm not english mother tongue. The letter is preatty long, but I hope it is quite well written. Thank you very much for your help. Best...

Re: Expand your vocabulary and feed the world!

Interesting. I donated 700 grains of rice (Level 50) by using a dictionary until I don't have time. I have a question. Do you use such words like tenebrous, caudate, crepitate?

Here's that lesson plan.

Hello everybody. I'm new here, so take it easy on me.LESSON 1Subject: William Shakespeare – History and Plays Date: Day 1Objective: ELA.10.LE.3 Use oral, written, and visual texts to research how individuals have had an impact on people...

Re: grammar questions

1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were performed THROUGHOUT the next ten years"-- many times /every year in that periodb) "He had acted /...

grammar questions

Dear teachers, Would you please help me with the following difficuties? 1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were (?) performed THROUGOUT /...