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An article about the origin of language, by eminent psychologist, Dr. George Boeree, introduces this vast subject very delightfully and his words are worth passing on. As Dr. Boeree states, [...]

Action verbs express an action – you can do them – while linking verbs connect the subject and the adjective and have different usage as a verb. Action verbs are used to describe what you are [...]

The most common pronunciation errors by Chinese speakers can be traced to the students’ tendencies to translate to their native language. The fact that English and Chinese share a similar word [...]

When we talk about English fluency, we need a consensus about what fluency English, or in any language, really means. Does fluency mean how effectively a learner’s English grammar and vocabulary [...]

Another year has passed! Once more you are reevaluating your goals and targets. The time has come to go one step further – there’s no reason to wait any longer! If you are an [...]

Negative sentences are those which state something that is not true. In English grammar the general rule that defines a negative sentence is that the word ‘not’ appears after an auxiliary verb in [...]

Many students of English as a Second Language are focusing on learning Business English  as a part of General English studies.  This is because learning how to speak and use English will give you [...]

Interjection sentences usually stand alone, or they are at the beginning of a sentence, and followed by a comma.  Interjection sentences  can be identified because they are words or phrases – [...]

The number of vocabulary words in the English language is said to be about 800,000 – and counting! Fortunately, when it comes to learning English as a second language, linguists and scholars seem [...]

Infinitive phrases and sentences are groups of words that combine an infinitive verb and objects.  The infinitive phrase, when used as a noun, adjective or adverb is preceded by the word ‘to.’ [...]