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Grammar of Spoken English (4): Think

Well, how tall are you?  Not a real question!  My point is: At a meeting, what can you do if you want to stand out from the rest of your co-workers, or outshine others?   How? Make yourself eye catching?  Maybe.  But if you want to do it with your English, I think there are […]

Grammar of Spoken English (3): Give me five VS Give five

If you watch TV or movies to learn spoken English, you must have come across the following: Give me five.   However, there was time I heard someone say ‘Give five.’ Is it correct? Are there any differences between Give five and Give me five.  In terms of meaning, there is not much difference between the two. […]

Grammar of Spoken English (2): Suggest

Summary: This post is about how to speak better English with regard to the verb ‘suggest‘, one of the most common words that is used incorrectly.  Instead of meeting the difficult term ‘gerund’, you will ‘encounter’ the concept, the idea behind ‘suggest + verb + ing‘.    In a way, this post attempts to change the way you think about verbs, sentences, […]

Grammar of Spoken English (1)

Most of us (whose mother tongue is not English) have been learning English for years.  But sometimes there are questions to which we don’t know how to explain. What questions am I talking about?  For example, everyone knows that ‘take your time‘ is polite, right.  But the question is: why?  Why is it polite?  I […]