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Ok, this is just a kind of funny post: Did you know that your coffee says stuff about yourself? So, now you know it! :D and this is what, according this infographic, your 'kind of coffee' says about you:

ESPRESSO. You're Friendly and adaptive.
DOUBLE ESPRESSO. You're practical and hard-working.
TRIPLE ESPRESSO. You're enthusiastic but obsessive.
MOCHA. You're fun-loving and creative.
LATTE. You're Reflective but often indecisive.
CAPPUCCINO. You're warm-hearted but oblivious at times.
MACCHIATO

So many people have asked me about the question tag that is to be used for a sentence that begins with Let us. They know that shall we? is used for a sentence beginning with Let's. They would like to know whether the same shall we? can be used for Let us. Let's is used for a suggestion. Then shall we? is the correct tag. But Let us denotes a permission. Then the correct tag is Will you? With all imperative sentences, regarless of negative or positive, you can use Will you? Only Let's is an excep

It is something beyond my expectation, i could not believe when somebody read what i wrote. For me it is a very big appreciation. Thanks a lots for those leave a comment, it encourage and inspire me to move on and do not stop running.... i will run and run... i dont want to look behind again, at least my confident level up to next step further.... Thanks for your support...

Hey all, I have decided to bring back the Did You Know? series when every time I read something interesting, I kept on saying to myself, 'This is nice to be shared as Did You Know? series'. This was also because of my small chat with a respectable chatter, Asif Ali, Zindani.

Did you know that there are many idioms or expression based from myth or legend. Here I want to share some of them with you.

Thank you rysperski and Asif Ali, Zindani.for sharing some other expressions/idioms that are based fr

There are moments in life when you miss someone
so much that you just want to pick them from
your dreams and hug them for real

Learning English. When do you stop learning?.

While recent research claim that you can “learn english” in 2-3 years, other companies may promise you intensive six-month courses where you’d end up being “bilingual”, or they pull methods out of their hat in which you can be able to learn english quickly and just knowing a limited amount of words, I still wonder, year after year, if some day I’d say that about “I can speak english”. Because if I’ve learned something over the 5 years that I’ve been

My good friend Shelly Terrell shared this useful Infographic today. A lot of these points are useful for MyEC members. Is there anything you disagree with? What did you learn from this infographic? Are you a good digital citizen?

Knowthenet presents Manners Matter the online Netiquette Do's and Don'ts infographic.

Unlike others, im learned english for many years, yet still not have confidence to speak in english, but i keep try and work to make progress and improvement to my english language, it is not easy for me, maybe to the other it is something simple and easy. some day i must be able to speak and writing english natively and fluently. that my ambition and hope. i will work out to achieve what i want to achieve. thats my goal.

Dear Captain,

I am out of the hosptial now. So nice I am at home, my lovely base again.

I went to a park near my home in the afternoon. The tree leaves are yellow and falling with the cool wind. I saw some young moms with their babies sitting near the little river and chatting. I also noticed a funny thing.

Hehehe, many young guys who come from foreign countries I have seen in the park like wearing slippers. Actually I have noticed this before for several times. I find it lovely. Their slippers are

Yeah that's it. The Summer is coming to the end! The Autumn is coming in .. with rainy days and winds blowing stronger. With leafs coloring and birds flying to warmer places. Not long till the first snow will fall down. 

When I wake up in morning I can feel that it's getting colder, mornings get darker and nights are longer. Why the Summer goes so fast? Why is it so short? 

Let's bring the sun in our hearts and keep it warm through the cold and rainy days 

I still remember that day, the day of more than three decades ago. That time I used to go to a barber's near my house daily in order to read newspapers. It was a time when people would visit this barber's for reading papers in addition to getting their hair cut. That day while going through a Malayalam newspaper, the readers' letter column caught my special attention on the grounds that there was a letter that contained a useful bit of information about a particular type of words in English. It

I read this very informative and helpful advice in my Facebook page, posted by my various friends. Therefore, I did not authored nor researched this scientific and helpful advice on how to measure your diabetes levels.

Level 1 : Cautionary Level. When you want to pee, all ants will surround you

Level 2 : Extra Careful Level. When you want to pee, all ants will follow you at the back.

Level 3 : Red Alert Level. When you want to pee, all the ants are already waiting for you at the toilet

Level 4 : Dan

ONE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A ISLAND WHERE ALL THE FEELING’S LIVED. HAPYNESS, SADNESS, KNOWLEDGE AND ALL OF THE OTHER FEELING INCLUDING LOVE.

ONE DAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TO THE FEELINGS THAT THE ISLAND WOULD SINK. ALL OF PEOPLE REPAIRED THE BOAT AND LEFT

ONLY LOVE WAS WANTED Persever untill lass the possible moment.

when the island was almost skink. Love decided to find the help. At that moment, Richness was passing by love in the grand boat. Love called: “ Richness, can i go with you (can you take me

"That summer" is the radio drama that i wrote for my BBF(best friend forever) one year 2 years ago.

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Vicky, Sam and Louis have been good friends since 7 years old. They have graduated from high school and begin their individual life in different universities. But their friendship never fade. They share a dream--to set up their own interior design studio. The story starts with their new life in freshman year in university.

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Today is Vicky's 18th birthday but she knows that

Long time ago, I feel miss my father again. Now I am standing here with a computer share to you some thinks in my mine about my father. I am 27 years old. After 27 years I have just known how big father's love is. My father was born in 1951 who lived in the war and knew many experience in the life. Befor, sometimes I thinks that he is outdated, but now I have changed. I love my father however I have never said "I love father" befor.  He has do somethings best for me without what request is. He a

Try to pronounce the sentence she sells sea shells by the seashore and you will probably understand what a tongue-twister is.  Tongue-twisters are usually used as word games in the English-speaking world, often as a form of entertainment for children.  These phrases are designed to cause the speaker to make mistakes, which are usually just meaningless words.  However, the phrase can also be designed to make the speaker unintentionally say specific—and sometimes even obscene—words.

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I have wondered why the English language with the greatest number of words of all the languages in the world is missing many words from her vocabulary. One such word is how manieth. You know when you ask someone "how many children do you have?", he will answer "three" or any other number. The number that you get for 'how many' is a cardinal number. But if you want to get an ordinal number like third, tenth, sixteenth as answer, what question word will you use in English? To tell the truth, there

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.

 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