This summer I went some kind of diving in Bali with my family. When we were done, I talked to a diving coach, in English. We chatted and chatted. Yet, all of a sudden, something popped into my mind. What is that something? In our conversation, I found something, something that is unique to most Asian languages. What […]
Directory (5): Grammar for Spoken English (3) 3 posts to ‘power up‘ your spoken English. Give me Five (1) Summary: This post is about how to speak better English with regard to the common phrase ‘Give me five‘. You will learn that ‘Give five’ is absolutely not English as you can group verbs into two kinds, […]
Directory (4) Grammar for Spoken English (2) 4 posts on how to speak better English (in your daily & office life) Discuss or Discuss About (1) Summary: This post is about how to speak better English with regard to the verb ‘discuss‘. In this post, you will learn to correct one of the mistakes in spoken English: […]
Directory (3) Grammar for Spoken English (1) Six posts on how to speak better English (in your daily & office life) (1) Catch me if you can! Summary: This post is about how to make sentences with ‘if’. The post helps you enhance your language proficiency by helping you understand how English sentences work. Using […]
Directory (2) Grammar for Presentations Grammar for Presentations (1): Good VS Well + Complex Sentences Summary: This post is about how to make sentences with linking verbs (i.e. is). Yet, instead of using some difficult, if not dry, grammar terms, the post offers you a funny and interesting way to learn how to make long sentences […]
Directory (1) Grammar for Emails Grammar for Writing Emails (1): Reply Summary: This post is about how to write emails with regard to the verb ‘reply‘, a verb that has been used incorrectly by lots of people. You will learn that ‘I will reply your email‘ is absolutely wrong, and that the concept behind is […]
Do you want to enhance your written English? Do you want to speak better English? If you do, you have to have a ‘feel of sentences‘. How do you ‘feel’ it? Look at the picture and you’ll get the answer: You have to visualize a sentence to locate the Big Verbs and Small Verbs. (Want the grammar terms? Well, Big Verbs are finite verbs and Small Verbs are non-finite.) […]
3 questions for you. Is English your mother tongue? Do your parents talk to you in English all the time? Do you think English sentences are something easy to master? If your answers to the questions are negative, then this post is important to you. How? It will probably change the ways you think about English sentences. Yet, don’t just sit where you are. This post asks […]
Summary: This post is about how to negotiate well with regard to the differences between ‘can‘ and ‘could‘. You will learn how to negotiate with others by giving them more ‘space’, which means you are more polite. Do you have to negotiate a lot? When firm A offers you a price, do you have […]
Summary: This post is about how to talk about things in the past. To your surprise, you will learn that there are (at least) two types of past in English. Yes, you are right, two. In a way, this post helps you understand the differences between the present perfect simple (PPS) and the simple past, but not in terms […]
