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2. Remember there are other types of punctuation other than commas and full stops. Semi-colons (;) help us separate ideas too. They separate ideas that grammatically can be independent but are closely connected (Kevin wanted to go out; Julie didn’t really feel like it). Semi-colons are very commonly used in English — as are hyphens …

Writing Styles Seminar. Polish your written English in this Seminar which will show you how to write compositions, letters and much more… Stages 3 to 8 Tuesday, 4th: 16,00-17,30 h. h.  Wednesday, 5th: 12,30-14,00 h. Thursday, 6th: 11,00-12,30 h. h.  h. 

Wednesday, 29 th of October «Survival English with Andy»: Stages 3 to 6. 12,30-14,00 h. Thursday, 30 th of October «News with Emily»: Stages 5 to 12. 16,00-17,30 h.

Yet is our understanding of her intent seriously handicapped by her incorrect use of the verb ‘to be’? Most people would still grasp the intention — to enquire as to our whereabouts on the previous day. This is not to say she should not sometimes be gently corrected, but to criticise her would be an …

  With all this in mind, the aim of this blog entry is to introduce another facet of the subject: different accents. Thanks to different accents found throughout the English-speaking world, the pronunciation of certain words changes radically. For example, let’s look at the practice of intervocalic alveolar flapping, or simply, ‘flapping.’ It’s a phonological …