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This is on the inspiration of Expector's Tips on English Usage (1): replace or substitute

The typical beloved prevailing in the literature always replaces the lover with the rival, or some other guy has been substituted for lover.  There is always the lover who suffers. Or again if beloved takes someone in place of lover to the party, again lover is the one who suffers.  

Why on earth the lover is always suffers and the rival is always the one who enjoys the nearness of the beloved.  This is becau

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goldfish

Finally, i and my wife has been defeated by our both children that to fulfilled one of them wish. is buy three goldfishes for them.

i wouldn't like to buy a goldfish for children just because of it's hard to keeping these delicately small species alive more than a while when kids got them.

when we got home, children more than delight and changing the fresh water for these little honey in glass pot and around it to talking with goldfish, by then, fishes and human beings get on well with each others

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Supplication of distress

This  duaa is by Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him), whenever you are in distress or difficulty, and you call on God sincerely and repentantly, your call will be answered. The story of prophet Yunus was taken from Qurran. He was sent with the message of God to the village of Nineveh, present of mowsil in Iraq.  The  prophet called on his people to the message of Allah and to follow the truth and the right path. His people rejected the message and persisted on their delusion and wrongdoings. He wa

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Again Another Letter of Farewell:

Again Another Letter of Farewell:

Last Friday another employee of the organization where I work left the company.  His tenure was very short, around a year, but being a Chartered Accountant (Fresh) he has his dreams to progress according to his Professional Qualifications.  Following is his letter of farewell which he posted to all of us on company server. 

In the previous letter of farewell which I posed Eva raised this question: 

“I have a question...is it only allowed to write positive things in

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False Peace

I'm sitting in the corniche lawn facing the "M" building in front of a man-made lake, at the back is a busy street where cars come and go. Numerous people are roaming around and I'm not in the mood to do the same. I chose to have a place of my own, unavailable to anyone. My solitude.

As I thought it seems peaceful. No violence, no troubles, and no problem. People are having their good times with their relatives, friends, and acquaintances. 

The wind is blowing to my ears and the moon is staring at

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The Villa: Part One

Daisy and Rose are two sisters. When they were teenagers, they went to their aunt’s house every weekend. It was in a beautiful village in a mountainous area. They had good times there; they went to the mountains with their cousins, they enjoy watching the cattle grazing and the fresh smell of mountain flowers.


In the mountain, there was a small cave that the children liked it more than other things. There was a large farm on the mountain slopes where a villa was being built.
The villa belonged t

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Sacrifice

I questioned a wise man why Allah asked Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) to sacrifice his beloved son, Ismail (peace be upon him). He replied that Allah just wanted to see and show the nations to come later how much Ibrahim loved His Lord. He proved his love for Allah by preferring His order to everything including his beloved son. Allah already knew how much Ibrahim loved Him, but by putting such condition, He the Almighty wanted to reveal it on everyone.If there was no such condition in lov
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The Nightmare of the Hunting in a Hospital

I had a nightmare last night, which was so real that I could feel everything including the pain , the smell of gunpowder and rough-touch of the criminal’s arm.

I was on a long-distance bus running on the highway with over twenty passengers and an old driver. I thought it was a pleasant journey home until a big weird truck showed up in front of the bus. There were metal cages and wooden boxes under a piece of cloth. However, what were in the cages frightened me like the first time I watched a horr

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Yes, 'tip' means 'advice'. From now on, I'll try to give you some tips on English usage - every week or every month or whenever I feel like giving such a tip. 

The tips aren't really blog challenges, though you can write a blog on any tip I give you - sure, I'll try to correct you If you write such a blog. 

I hope you'll agree it's a good idea for me to give you such a tip often. You could also consult a dictionary or a native English teacher if you're not sure about any tip. 

The first tip I'll gi

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Binomials

2347308558?profile=originalThe boy built the castle bit by bit using just sand, water and a plastic bucket.

Have you ever heard the word ‘binomials’? Most of you would probably refer it as a mathematical expression. But since we’re learning English, let’s tackle this topic as part of vocabulary.

BBC Learning English defined binomials as short English phrases made up of two words together. The two words are joined by ‘and’ such as ‘cheap and cheerful’ or with ‘by’ like ‘bit by bit’ and ‘piece by piece’. Here is another defin

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My Writing Challenge: So and Such

2347308667?profile=originalHi, my dear friends! You all write many emotional blogs and comments here and often use these words, but you often use them incorrectly. So, I will give you some simple explanations so that you will not make such mistakes in the future.

SO is used before an adjective or an adverb:

The day is so nice! (an adjective).

He was listening to me so attentively! (an adverb).

SUCH is used before a noun or an adjective(s) + a noun. If a noun is singular and countable, there must be the article "a" before it.

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Expector's Blog Challenge : It's and its

                                   

Beauty always holds its bright sense of holiness.

It’s indeed, so cool to get a chance of taking a picture with a bunch of swans and it’s a boon of god when they greet me with lovely sounds. It’s amazing when they are gliding serenely in a group on their way, and it seems beauty holds its bright sense of holiness. But one of the lovely Sawn looking restless seems it’s waiting for its partner and refusing to do its work. Without its partner companion, it’s May no

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AnGeL iN YoU....

sometimes angel has no pretty face

Did you know that?

I knew it.....because I saw an angel in you

sometimes angel has no soft and sweet voice

did you notice that?

I did because I heard angel in you

when I was a kid, I only knew that angel has a beautiful face with a white wing  

with a mesmerizing voice and shady face

when I am growing older I found that angel in the different performance

Did you recognize that?

I did because I saw angel appearance in you

I saw your anger but still you are an angel

I saw yo

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Have you ever asked yourselves what living means? For me being live is to stay in a giant spinning ball when it’s sailing in ocean stars. Its spin gives us magical effect in our outer appearance, some people would call it ‘getting older’ or ‘growing up’ and so on, but for me it’s a kind of time traveling. In life, it’s not only about ‘where’ but also’when’ which means our lives is framed by place and time. To be alive is to be filled by energy of nature. Its energy positioned us as  the part of

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It's important to practice regularly if we want to improve our English skills. Some of us may think it's an easy task, but actually it's a long and gradual process and takes a lot of effort, time and discipline. 

As we practice and make progress, we can observe its benefits. We will feel more comfortable with the English language, and its grammar rules will be less hard than before. 

Therefore, even though "Practice makes perfect" may seem like an old phrase, its message is deep and clear; the mor

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Expector's Blog Challenge: It's and its

 

It's not so difficult to really learn how to distinguish between it's and its. It's just an issue of paying attention and remember a few pieces of information about "it's" and "its".

Let me tell you first a bit about it's. "It's" is a contraction between the neutral second person singular personal pronoun "it" along with the verb "to be" conjugated in the third person singular (he, she, it - is). You use "it's" when reffering to a sentence subject, that is, you just use "it's" as  a neutral subj

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First

I'm happy to write to you again .

Second

As you know that I'm proud to be Egyptian let's talk about my country Egypt  

last time I talked  about tourism in Egypt  and this time I'll  talk about education in Egypt.

In ancient Egypt the child’s world was not as clearly separated from the adult’s as it tends to be in modern Western society. As the years went by, childish pastimes would give way to imitations of grown-up behavior.

The public education system in Egypt consists of three levels:

primary

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Pleasant dreams!

It's been almost thirteen months that Clyde's wife'd left him. He was sitting on the couch being miserable and all. He felt that the walls were getting closer and closer and that dingy apartment was going to eat him alive any second. He decided to go out for a walk. After walking for two hours, he realized he's standing in front of Bonnie's house; his friend from high school. ''Should I knock? It's been ages since we've seen each other. Talk 'bout awkward'', thought Clyde. "The hell with it. Wha

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Expector's writing challenge ( its/ it's)

First wanted to say it's really a good topic to write about. And, believe me I learned the difference between its and it's not many days ago! So, I know why and how it's important to non- native speakers!So, I must say it's a good idea of our popular blog moderator.

Some of you may notice, now a days I am not that much regular in writing blogs. Though I am missing this place but just can't. So, by this blog I want to get back!

How was I? Not bad though I had to pass through a tough time. But now i

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A Fault Finder

A fault finder is a person who leads his life in troubles and takes the blessing and helps be sent to him for granted. There is a famous quote, "do good and have good", but it doesn't apply to the fault finder. With him how much you are kind and polite, he, at the end, will put you in hot water. Let me enunciate it by sharing a fairly-tale.Once upon a time, there was a wounded loin lying under a tree. A goat happened to pass by him. When the goat saw the loin breathing convulsively due to severe
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