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You start taking more effective and focused actions immediately</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;">You stop putting up with petty annoyances</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;">You create momentum so it’s easier to get results</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;">You set better goals that are based on what you really want</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;">You have more time and energy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Affect/effect</h1>
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It’s an easy enough mistake to make given how similar these two words look and sound, but there’s a simple explanation to help you remember the difference.</div>
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The rules:</h2>
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Affect is a verb – “to affect” – meaning to influence or have an impact on something.</div>
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Effect is the noun – “a positive effect” – referring to the result of being affected by something.</div>
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There is also a verb “to effect”, meaning to bring something about – “to effect a change”. However, this is not very commonly used, so we’ve left it out of the examples below to avoid confusion.</div>
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How not to do it:</h2>
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He waited for the medicine to have an affect</div>
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They were directly effected by the flooding</div>
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How to do it properly:</h2>
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He waited for the medicine to have an effect</div>
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They were directly affected by the flooding</div>
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Marika Gerikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12334846855251958975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116823996227889850.post-78142828308477308512019-06-26T09:23:00.003-07:002019-06-26T09:23:48.677-07:00<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #092240; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 2.2em; line-height: 1.1; margin: 20px 0px 10px;">
To/two/too</h1>
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It’s time to revisit another common grammar mistake that we also covered in our homophones post, as no article on grammar gripes would be complete without it. It’s easy to see why people get this one wrong, but there’s no reason why you should.</div>
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The rules:</h2>
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“To” is used in the infinitive form of a verb – “to talk”.</div>
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“To” is also used to mean “towards”.</div>
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“Too” means “also” or “as well”.</div>
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“Two” refers to the number 2.</div>
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How not to do it:</h2>
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I’m to hot</div>
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It’s time two go</div>
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I’m going too town</div>
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He bought to cakes</div>
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How to do it properly:</h2>
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I’m too hot</div>
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It’s time to go</div>
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I’m going to town</div>
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He bought two cakes</div>
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There/their/they’re</h1>
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We’ve met this one before, too; it’s another example of those pesky homophones – words that sound the same but have different meanings.</div>
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The rules:</h2>
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Use “there” to refer to a place that isn’t here – “over there”.</div>
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We also use “there” to state something – “There are no cakes left.”</div>
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“Their” indicates possession – something belonging to them.</div>
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“They’re” is short for “they are”.</div>
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How not to do it:</h2>
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Their going to be here soon</div>
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We should contact they’re agent</div>
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Can we use there boat?</div>
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Their is an argument that says</div>
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How to do it properly:</h2>
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They’re going to be here soon</div>
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We should contact their agent</div>
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Can we use their boat?</div>
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There is an argument that says</div>
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“Could/would/should of”</h1>
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This common mistake arises because the contracted form of “could have” – “could’ve” – sounds a bit like “could of” when you say it out loud. This mistake is made frequently across all three of these words.</div>
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The rules:</h2>
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When people write “should of”, what they really mean is “should have”.</div>
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Written down, the shortened version of “should have” is “should’ve”.</div>
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“Should’ve” and “Should have” are both correct; the latter is more formal.</div>
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How not to do it:</h2>
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We could of gone there today</div>
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I would of done it sooner</div>
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You should of said</div>
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How to do it properly:</h2>
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We could’ve gone there today</div>
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I would have done it sooner</div>
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You should’ve said</div>
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Marika Gerikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12334846855251958975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116823996227889850.post-16107934263789697722019-06-26T09:11:00.000-07:002019-06-26T09:11:29.153-07:00<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #092240; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 2.2em; line-height: 1.1; margin: 20px 0px 10px;">
Its/it’s</h1>
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We said earlier that apostrophes should be used to indicate possession, but there is one exception to this rule, and that is the word “it”. Unsurprisingly, this exception gets lots of people confused.</div>
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The rules:</h2>
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“It’s” is only ever used when short for “it is”.</div>
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“Its” indicates something belonging to something that isn’t masculine or feminine (like “his” and “hers”, but used when you’re not talking about a person).</div>
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If it helps, remember that inanimate objects can’t really possess something in the way a human can.</div>
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How not to do it:</h2>
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The sofa looks great with it’s new cover</div>
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How to do it properly:</h2>
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It’s snowing outside</div>
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The sofa looks great with its new cover</div>
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We covered this one before in our post on homophones, but it’s such a widespread problem that there’s no harm in covering it again.</div>
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“Your” indicates possession – something belonging to you.</div>
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“You’re” is short for “you are”.</div>
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Your beautiful</div>
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Do you know when your coming over?</div>
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Can I have one of you’re biscuits?</div>
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How to do it properly:</h2>
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You’re beautiful</div>
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Do you know when you’re coming over?</div>
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Can I have one of your biscuits?</div>
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Marika Gerikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12334846855251958975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116823996227889850.post-3120394969728066912019-06-26T08:08:00.002-07:002019-06-26T08:08:39.867-07:00<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">It's important to note that the spelling of a word is not always an accurate guide to how it is pronounced. Similarly the pronunciation of a word is not always helpful when working out how that word should be spelt. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">There are 26 letters in the English alphabet but there are many more sounds in the English language. This means that the number of sounds in a word is not always the same as the number of letters. </span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" /><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">For example, the word 'CAT' has three letters and three sounds but the word 'CATCH' has five letters but still only three sounds.</span><br />
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If we write these words using sound symbols, we can see exactly how many sounds they have.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>-</b></span><b style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">Learning and reading is Knowledge </b><br />
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<b style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "roboto slab" , serif; font-size: 17.53px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 26.29px;">I</span><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 26.29px;">n an increasing diverse, global economy, having a language in common greatly facilitates cross-cultural communication between people from different regions and nations. The English language is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, second only to Mandarin. English is a widely-spoken language throughout the world is only one of the many advantages of learning the language.</span></b><br />
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International Relations</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English is the primary language of business throughout the world. Most international business transactions, including emails, memos, reports and contracts, are written and read in the English language.</span></div>
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Employment Opportunities</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ability to fluently speak English in addition to your native language can be beneficial if you're seeking job opportunities with international companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Travel and Tourism</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The English language is predominantly spoken throughout the world, so international travelers, being able to speak with people living in the area where you are vacationing adds to the cultural experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">Education</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 26.29px;">Students from other countries who attend school in the United States will benefit greatly if they know basic English. This knowledge will help them communicate with their host families as well as students and teachers at their school. These international students will also have an easier time with their studies</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 26.29px;">Most software programs are written in English being</span> able to speak and communicate in English enables engineers and technicians to quickly adapt to new software tools</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Knowledge is power’</span> is a popular proverb. It means that knowledge is more powerful than physical strength and no great work can be done without knowledge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowledge is a powerful factor that empowers people achieves great results. The more knowledge a person gains, the more powerful he becomes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Knowledge is power because it helps us to think for ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">T</span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">he importance of the proverb:</span></span><br />
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Study: the proverb motivates us engage, Conversations learning the English Language in conversation to communicate with one another</span></div>
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Marika Gerikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12334846855251958975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116823996227889850.post-14269135664176392572019-06-10T19:16:00.001-07:002019-06-13T04:09:42.756-07:00CONTACT ME<span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><img alt="Marika Gerika " src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PDoPbIkK2Ws/XPQzQCk5_PI/AAAAAAAAMoc/54V7cyISZ380nW4WSdUvZ5JDs5eoptwwwCK4BGAYYCw/s670/Gerika%2BMarika%2BLogo.jpg" /></span><br />
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<b style="color: #4b4949; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Those who are still unaware of the importance of English should start learning it, as a time will come when everything will be understood, spoken and written in English. In a lot of ways, that time is already here. Go ahead.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH ME - WE CAN HAVE A ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH LESSON SESSION TO TEACH YOU THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED</span></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span>Marika Gerikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12334846855251958975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116823996227889850.post-49778733983803117102019-06-10T08:46:00.002-07:002019-06-13T04:16:53.564-07:00WHY WE SHOULD LEARN AND SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The Importance to learn and know how to speak and understand the basic English Language in Today's World.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Language is our primary source of communication. It's the method through which we share our ideas and thoughts with others. Some people even say that language is what separates us from animals and makes us human.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">English is the primary or secondary language of many</span><span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> business and cultural spheres. It is the language of Hollywood and the language of business, international banking and business. It is a useful and even necessary language to know. </span><span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it is the most common foreign language.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Different countries (for example, a Mexican and a Swede) usually use English as a common language to communicate. That’s why everyone needs to learn the language in order to get in touch on an international level. Speaking it will help you communicate with people from countries all over the world, not just English-speaking ones.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">English is also essential to the field of education. In many countries, children are taught and encouraged to learn English as a second language. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b4949; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the university level, students in many countries study almost all their subjects in English in order to communicate and to be more accessible to international students.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Conversation is a progression of exchanges among participants. Each participant is a “learning system,” that is, a system that changes internally as a consequence of experience. This highly complex type of interaction is also quite powerful, for conversation is the means by which existing knowledge is conveyed and new knowledge is generated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The English Alphabet consists of 26 letters - </span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.93px;">The English word </span><em style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(40, 40, 40); box-sizing: border-box; color: #282828; font-size: 16.93px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">alphabet</em><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.93px;"> comes to us, by way of Latin, from the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, </span><em style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(40, 40, 40); box-sizing: border-box; color: #282828; font-size: 16.93px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">alpha</em><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.93px;"> and </span><em style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(40, 40, 40); box-sizing: border-box; color: #282828; font-size: 16.93px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">beta</em></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.93px; text-align: left;">There are more than 40 distinct sounds (or </span><span style="color: #282828; font-size: 16.93px; text-align: left;"><i>phonics</i></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.93px; text-align: left;">) in English. Because we have just </span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.93px; text-align: left;">26 letters to represent those sounds, most letters stand for more than one sound. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2e372a; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;">Genuine abundance means knowing that there is always more than enough available to you so that you don’t have to hoard. </span><span style="color: #2e372a;">The former definition – of living quite naturally in an abundant flow – is something we can all experience, whilst the latter definition is, by its very nature, something which only a few can experience.</span></span></b></div>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. I said I wasn’t going swimming tonight.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. I told you before that I am not interested in you in that way.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. Let’s speak about the class rules again before we continue.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. We can talk about it more when you feel less angry.</td></tr>
<tr class="no-border-line" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">Mostly interchangeable with tell. The grammatical structure must be altered.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">Mostly interchangeable with say. The grammatical structure must be altered.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">Mostly interchangeable with talk. The grammatical structure needn’t be altered.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">Mostly interchangeable with speak. The grammatical structure needn’t be altered.</td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. Richard <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;">said </strong>(that) he would be late home tonight.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. Richard <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;">told me</strong>(that) he would be late home tonight.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. We will speak about the plans for our summer holiday when I next see you.</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; outline: none; padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: top;">E.g. We will talk about the plans for our summer holiday when I next see you.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>THE BENEFITS OF LEARNING ENGLISH</u></span><br />
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<u>International Relations</u></h2>
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English is the primary language of business throughout the world. Most international business transactions, including emails, memos, reports and contracts, are written in English</div>
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<u style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Travel and Tourism</u><span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 17.53px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 26.29px;">Being able to converse with people living in the area where you are vacationing adds to the richness of the cultural experience.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 17.53px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 26.29px;">International students have an easier time with their studies, including reading lengthy texts and researching topics for classes. A large amount of research in scholar journals is written in English. Knowing English is a great and helpful resource for scholars who wish to communicate their ideas, findings to peers in their own field.</span></div>
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Time</h2>
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As people get older, their perceived value of time increases, so it’s a practical topic that everyone has something to say about. You could ask questions like:</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you had more free time, what would you do?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Time is money.” Do you agree or disagree? Why?</li>
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3. Sleep</h2>
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As people get older, they start to appreciate a good night’s sleep more and more. This topic is often a favorite for all. Some example questions are:</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How much sleep do you usually get?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why do some people sleep well while other people do not sleep well?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What do you do when you have trouble sleeping?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What time do you usually go to sleep? What time do you usually get up?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you ever slept in a strange place that was not a bed?</li>
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4. Music</h2>
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Everybody loves music and most people feel very strong emotions towards it—especially when it comes to the music that they love (or hate) most. Some simple questions to ask could be:</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What types of music do you like/dislike?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How do certain kinds of music make you feel?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What types of music come from your country?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s your favorite song/album/artist?</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What music is popular in your country right now?</li>
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