Teaching English
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‘Which’ is a ‘wh’ word and people often think that it is only used while asking a question. But that’s not true. It is one of the most grammatically confusing words used in English language, despite being so common. While asking a question, you can use it like this:
‘Which city you are moving to?’
However,...

One aspect of learning English literature is developing critical thinking. In applying critical thinking to the question ‘is English language more important than English literature?', we see that it lacks context. This means we need to know for what purpose is literature or language more important. Is...

Rhetorical question is a form of speech that is said in the form of a question, but a reply is not expected of it. Although this kind of question is not meant to ask something or find a reply, it sometimes aims at starting a conversation or drawing attention. When a rhetorical question is asked, the listener...

English language is a little bit complicated, as there may be several meanings of the same word. There are certain words that sound similar, but they are entirely different in their meanings and references. That being said, their and there also sound similar. Their pronunciation is almost absolutely...

The reason for having speech marks is in the name, to mark speech. It helps guide the reader's eye to the part of a text which is meant to be spoken language rather than narrative. In turn, this can help you to better understand what the text is trying to convey. Unfortunately, as can be seen in writers...

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We may take it for granted, but color is so important to many aspects of our daily lives. They are used to show warnings, notify us of certain information and can even affect our moods. This is why learning colors is one of the fundamentals to a child's development. Children start to recognize colors from...

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Most native or fluent English speakers will have learned the basic parts of a sentence during our early years in school; verbs and adverbs included. Like much of what we learn at school, we know how to apply this knowledge intuitively, but find ourselves unable to explain how they are used. With verbs and adverbs,...

English students sometimes have difficulty understanding the difference between words few and little. Both adjectives have the same meaning, little or few. But they are used in different circumstances that we show below. If your goal is to learn to master English perfectly, knowing the use of each of...

Writing the hours in English is one of the first lessons non English speakers must learn when getting started with numbers in English. But it is also one of the first things non-native speakers forget. To write the time correctly, we just need to remember that during the first half hour we use 'past'...

Learning English and mastering it fluently is increasingly important not only when travelling to foreign countries but also when finding a job that involves liaising with international or relating to tourism. As a result, it's best to start with the basics, including what the numbers are. The numbers in...

Numbers in English are quite easy to remember when counting. We can say them out loud by memory fairly easily. The complicated part is writing them down. This is because they are not written as they are pronounced. The rule to write numbers in English is very easy, so the only thing you'll need to remember...
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