This is for people who grade, practice for or who have taken the FCE. In other forum, I saw this advice posted to someone who had written a draft paragraph: Hey, its not too bad but you should use more colloquial expresions like wanna,

Hi there, I tried looking up the rules for using 'that' in a sentence. I understand it's mainly used to combine two clauses. I don't understand the specific rules though; a lot of sentences look like they'd work fine with

Hello, I would like to know the meaning of the phrase "(when I) say froggy, jump". Does it come from a traditional children song or game? I found it on http://www.wrensworld.com/froggyjump.htm . But I also found "say

There is an infinite number of opportunities to waste time on the Internet. I went to a Bangor, Maine newspaper website and they have all kinds of ways to waste time. Voting numbers are crunched and displayed in all sorts of imaginative ways. So

Finland used to be the No. 1 country on the Reporters Without Borders press freedom list. We are now at No. 5 and I don't remember the reason why we lost first place. It was something very insignificant and temporary, though. Hopefully

1 In the 3 years I've lived this building, I've never gone past the first floor, which is the floor I live on. 2 I've lived in this building *for* 3 years and I've never gone up past the first floor*,* which is the floor I live on.

Whenever I venture north across the border into Canada (quite often), I hear these/those ones regularly. I know a few people in the US that use that phrase, but I find it jarring to the ear. By the way, it is equally jarring to the eye to

Dear Sir or Madam, I read with great interst your advertisement that appered in XYZ's on-line vacancy inviting applicants for post reffered. .I would like to be considered for the same. I would like to apply for a position of

Hello there! I need your help to correct this translation... It is pretty urgent cause I need to send it in two days. I put some alternatives and comments in brackets and parentheses . Thank you so much in advance ! -- For Kids of Today Chicken

Would you please be so kind as to correct this little text for me? I put some alternatives and comments in brackets and parentheses. I need this text to be corrected in two days! Thank you so much in advance! -- For Kids of Today Chicken Has Six