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.’ [...]
An interrogative sentence asks a question, and ends with a question mark, rather than a period. Examples of interrogative sentences include sentences that are affirmative, and those which are [...]
