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  Effective writing

  Rule 1. Use concrete rather than vague language. Vague: The weather was of an extreme nature on the …

  2017/08/25
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  Questions about how to speak English

  I receive a lot of questions about how to speak English well. The 3 most common questions are: How d …

  2017/08/24
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  Why Learning Idioms is Easier than you Think

  Learning idioms is an impossible task. There are thousands of them in English and you have to learn …

  2017/08/23
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  ‘In the future’ vs. ‘in future’

  “Future” can be either an adjective or a noun. When used as an adjective, it doesn’t take any articl …

  2017/08/22
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  The Schwa

  We all know that English spelling is rarely a good guide to pronunciation. One big reason for this i …

  2017/08/16
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  Ways to speak better English

  If you’re reading this, I imagine you want to speak better English and communicate in a more confide …

  2017/08/18
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  Enhancing your English vocabulary

  There are a good many ways to improve your vocabulary, but without using all those new words, you wo …

  2017/08/14
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  The most efficient ways to learn English

  What is the difference between effective and efficient? Let’s say you had to travel from Rome …

  2017/08/15
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  Phrases for “plans” and “goals”

  Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Here are the top 5 goals people tend to have for the New Year, a …

  2017/08/11
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  Building your confidence

  When you’re learning a language there is always unfamiliar territory to navigate and new situations …

  2017/08/10