Archive for October, 2008
Avoiding Tricky English Grammar Mistakes
17 October 2008
If you’ve already dedicated hundreds of hours to learning English as a second language, you know how tricky it can be. Once you’re comfortable with the basic sentence structure, you’re confronted with a dozen different exceptions and variations – and you’re expected to know when and when not to use each one! If you’re feeling [...]
Picking Up English Slang
10 October 2008
As if the English language wasn’t hard enough already, with its contractions, pronunciation rules and complicated grammatical structure – now you’ve got to pick up English slang, too? Unfortunately, if you want to sound like a native English speaker, you’re going to need to dedicate some time to mastering the more advanced forms of expression, [...]