I have just joined Englishclub only because I am a keen lover of the English language. I have taught English to college students for more than twenty years. I have authored more than twenty books on the English language including dictionaries. I have a facebook page for the lovers of the English language. You can log it on www.facebook.com/oabootty. I will share my knowledge of the English language with you and if possible I will clear up your doubts about the English language.
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Hello everybody here, as there are already a few weeks I've been thinking about the world of the English language, and then crossed my mind to answer the question: why English is considered a major language? What can have lead to that? So, these are just the questions I want to explicit here. At first, It could be a curious question, but the reasons for this event make sense when you get to know them deeply . So, I will try to show for you some of that reasons through my post today, in ord
If the englishclub's member can face to face that talk to each other then it's great, right? I wish I have the miraculous door of Doraremon(the machine cat in a serial Japan's comics of same name) in order to fly to U.S, U.K, French, Turkey, Japan, India,...and so on, to many nations being many continents that I can talk to all of you my friends in this club, not only practice speaking skill but also in order to friendship among we more near and dear than.
P/S: Certainly, I have to earn a lot of
Payakumbuh is a moderate city located in west sumatra province of indonesia. i have been trhee years stay here. i adore payakumbuh. not only it give me opportunity to live on but also find someone i really love.... thank god...
Today (I waited for changing to new day to post this blog), September 2, 2013, is the 68th anniversary Vietnam’s Indepence Day. The Declaration of independence of Vietnam was announced by the president Ho Chi Minh on September 2, 1945, in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square.
There are many activities and cultural events organized to celebrate this day including granting amnesty for prisoners. The national flags ( my avatar) have been hung up everywhere these days .
I just got the congratulations from Noaslpl
You may have noticed the Tags when you were publishing a blog post. Tags are just some of the key words from your blogs. Some members may add “correction” or “corrections” to the tags, which means they will appreciate corrections made by other members (usually, English teachers, native English speakers or advanced learners).
Some members, however, may find it embarrassing to be corrected that way (in public) - they may send their blogs to a teacher for correction (in private).
I just tried to ma
When I was a child, I intended to be a pilot of modern airplanes. Let me explain: I have always liked the exciting world of aviation: modern aircrafts, great airlines and respectful aeronautical industries like Airbus or Boeing, by the way, keep on being them, the most preferred factories by me, when it comes to the production of airplanes. I even started a collection of airplane magazines called "Flap Magazine" in my young ages, that today, unfortunately, is finished up.
Nowadays, my plans
Dear Captain,
I bet you have seen the sunset for many times. Just now I was sitting on the bench in the garden of the hospital and witnessing the sun to set downhill. After a tired day, Mr. Sun looked pale and climbed up the top of the mountains in the west laboriously, like an old man who got cardiopathy limping home slowly.
Darkness then leaked into the air, just as a drop of ink dripped into the clean water. My mood turned gloomy as the night fell. The pity was a knife and twisted my heart. Fay
Dear EC friends,this is my first time to join a writing challenge here. And believe me, it took me 2 days to write my blog.
When I was a child my dream is to become a teacher. My teachers in my elementary grades influence me a lot. I see teachers way back then as perfect person. But when I grow up, ambition of becoming a teacher was replaced to become a nurse. I like to see their uniforms, all white from head to toe. That's my only reason behind choosing a nurse as my profession. It i
War is a crime against humanity.
It brings death and destruction.
It brings pain and sorrow.....and tears.
It may make some people feel victorious,
but it never brings happiness.
Let's imagine for a moment,
that someone has attacked your beloved homeland,
or any place on earth where you are residing.
Let's imagine for a moment,
the fear that has started to surround you upon hearing such a heart wrenching news.
Let's imagine for a moment....just a single moment,
Someone is about to shoot your beloved mother
Well..i want to ask you something.
How many times do you LAUGH on the day?
okay ..another question
How many times do you seek for Laughing everyday?
Do you see the red words ?...yeah this blog is about laughing,humor,smiling..........anything makes you happy..
Humor and laughing are infectious .When you laugh the who
Hello guys, I'm here writing one more blog (BTW, a tiny post) to let for you a set of valuable tips on improving of English I readed and enjoyed a lot. Sincerely I hope you enjoy them too, and try to follow, at least, some of them. There are 101 super-interesting advices for boosting your English learning and motivate yourself to proceed even, when you're can be a bit desmotivated. The link is down this post.They were found on the blog < easierlearn.blogspot.com.br>. It worth checking out ind
The waiting to departure is the hardest feeling which makes Hussan different from others .Hussan sees everything in a dissimilar way , he has talked to himself since he approached forty, always heave sighs as if the weight of the world lies on his shoulder , saying” it's time to stop before the end of the road , to ponder a lot.
Hassan’s eyes as same as others, but he looks at things in his own way .He focuses on the vanished things deeply .Such things inspire him swiftly , for instance he gazes
Hi everyone!
Today I had another amazing day :)
Sunflower was moving in the wind ;) It took me 3 times to make this picture :)
When I just entered the garden I couldn't stop looking around! So many kinds and forms of flowers :) And those wonderful colors :)
And plenty of bees ... The biggest bee that I have ever seen :)
Here is the link to my album on Facebook ...
What a familiar topic! I've been asked so many times about my dream by different people whether family and friends or just acquaintances or even strangers. Often I feel shy to tell them my real dream. Gradually my dream becomes a secret of myself and I lock it in my deep heart.
What a nice challenge! I feel like taking it and speak out my secret. Maybe it sounds just like a joke to you, but I mean it. I want to grow old safely and become a learnt granny who has rich stories to tell.
Life is full o
I have a Dream
When I was a child, my dream kept on changing. One day, I wanted to be a policewoman, another day a soldier, and yet another day, I wanted to be a doctor. Living in a village with a few modern facilities such as electricity and television (at that time only a few houses had a television), my exposure to the world was through books and teachers. To be a policewoman or a soldier was such an honoured profession in my parents' eyes that I wanted to be one. Then, through the classes, I
This post had been edited to include several expressions/idioms given by Gil Gaudia, Ph.D. Tara Benwell and Gabriel Sowrian.
Isn't it interesting that the name 'John' is so generic that two well-known phrases use it? I wonder if there are other names that are used generically?. Thank you Gil Gaudia, Ph.D. for the corrections.
Did You Know?
1. Dear John Letter
Did you know that a 'Dear John letter' means the end of a relationship. Basically it's a letter from a woman to her boyfriend or husband t
In 24 hours in an adult body, the heart beats 103,689 times. Blood travels 168000000 miles.Respiration happens 23,040 times.438 cubic feet of air is inhaled. 3.25 pounds of food is eaten.4800 woords are spoken . 750 muscles are moved.Nails grow 0.00046 inch. Hair grows .01714 inch . And 7000000 brain cells are exercised!
This week marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. MLK delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC 50 years ago.
I visited the exact location where MLK delivered his famous speech just a few weeks ago with my family. Taking the kids to the site where MLK delivered his speech was a very memorable experience for me. I took short video clips of my children telling me their own dreams for the future. Thanks to people like MLK who
