Throughout your ESL journey, there are many skills that you will learn in order to properly communicate with native English speakers. Writing in English is one of the most equally beneficial [...]

Reading is one of the important aspects when it comes to learning English as a second language. Reading is the foundation to correctly assessing the English language and is important to your [...]

Learning vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of learning English as a second language. The more words you learn over time, the more understanding you will have of the world around you [...]

When learning English as a second language, speaking is one skill that you feel the need to perfect. Some great ways to learn how to speak properly is by testing yourself through spoken English [...]

The semicolon is a feared form of English language punctuation; I think all the fears are misplaced.  Semicolons are used when a comma isn’t enough, and a period is just a bit too much. When Do [...]

I tell you, less vs fewer just seems to be one of those grammar-related mistakes that get under people’s skin!  Go ahead and google it, and you’ll find impassioned grammarians bemoaning the “10 [...]

The rules regarding title capitalization vary depending on which style guide you use—or are expected to follow.  Let’s talk about the common ground the more popular guides share. Capitalize the [...]

How do you use between, among, and amongst correctly in English sentences? Let’s start with the definitions. There are lots of ways ‘between’ is used in the English language however when talking [...]

Comparisons are ways to say that a noun—person, place or thing—has more or less of a particular quality.  In the English language, there are 3 degrees of comparison, the ‘positive’, the [...]

The word ‘nor‘ creates a certain unease about how to use it.  Does it replace ‘or’?  Is it used to mean something more specific?   I always think that learning how to use [...]