Summary: This post is about how to make sentences with reference to finite and Non-finite Verbs. As the idea of finite verbs do not exist in some languages (for example, Asian Languages), I attempt to explain it in a funny way: a crash of two cars (verbs). In a way, this post attempts to change the way you think about verbs, sentences, […]
Summary: This post is about how to group verbs into different folders so that it is easier, if not funnier, for you to learn verbs in English, Business English in special. In a word, it is also a simplified version of verb groupings from the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (p.361-364). […]
Summary: This post is about how to group verbs into different folders so that it iseasier, if not funnier, for you to learn verbs in English, Business English in special. In a word, it is also a simplified version of verb groupings from the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (p.361-364). Verbs (2): How many verbs are there (Part I)? […]
Summary: You are busy writing an email so that your boss Mr Big will get your reply soon. But do you know that ‘I will reply your email soon’ is not English. Simply put, it is wrong. A. What is wrong? Really? Why? In English, it is weird, if not grammatically incorrect, to reply […]
Summary: This post is about how to make sentences with regard to verbs that are intransitive. You will learn that ‘I wait you‘ is incorrect and understand the reason behind. In a sense, this post attempts to explain transitivity in terms of sentence structures, which makes English different from other languages, especially Asian ones. Why […]
