I like anything which has smell of motivation whether are books, quotes (like this one topic I arise here), stories and so on. I realize the lives are not easy what a motivator have said :D…Why we didn’t it make easier. How we could do this? As my understanding is just be a simple person and put positive thinking in your mind. It is a short message but has deep philosophy.

Let me to take an example in work place. Did you often get words from colleagues as “Hey, let me do this, your ability are no

For those of you that has a Facebook account, I'm sure once in a while you will be caught by surprise when certain 'Memory' being shared by your friends, or even being reminded by Facebook. Yesterday was one of those days for me. While browsing through my Facebook, I was taken aback by a 2011 photo shared by Facebook. 

Oh God! It was such a major throw back for me. It made me want to flip through the old photo albums (yes, to the young people, we the older generations have the hard copies of our

Discourse markers? Unfamiliar to you, right? In fact, you use discourse markers more often than you may think. 

A discourse marker is a word or phrase that is used to connect or organize what you say or write, for example, 'so', 'OK', 'right' and 'by the way/incidentally' are often used as discourse markers. Some people might call them 'linking words' or 'linking adverbials', though. 

You may be familiar with the following discourse markers: as far as...is concerned, on the other hand, however, si

I had been away from MyEC for quite a long time and now that I'm back I'm very much disappointed by the number of the mistakes I make when I write something. My English wasn't good before I joined MyEC many years back but then I improved my English language skills to a degree that I was able to score 8 out of 9(btw, I consider that score more of a miracle and a blessing of God then a true reflection of my writing skill!) in writing section of IELTS Academic Test when I took the test about 2 and

I'm writing on my mobile phone/cell phone - I'm on vacation and away from my computer.
This is the first time I've written a blog on my cellphone. I hope this blog looks natural on your computer.
It can be so challenging to write a blog on your mobile - unless you're familiar with texting in English on a cellphone.
You're writing on a smaller screen you're unfamiliar with - without the supporting software installed on your computer. And, the Internet connection may not be as good.
It seems the m

My dear friends! Today I am up to no good!  Ha-ha! I am going to offer you one more writing challenge with the idiom TO BE UP TO! It is not as easy as you may think because this idiom may mean different things depending on a noun following it. Of course I am not going to keep you in the dark and will explain you a few uses of this expression.

to be up to something/tricks/mischief - to plan some unexpected action we shouldn't do.

to be up to high doh - to feel nervous, to worry.

to be up to no good

Yes, we encourage you to help (to) correct each other. I hope you'll agree it's worth it!

When you try to correct each other/one another, you should make sure you really know the ropes. Leave what you aren't sure about uncorrected, for example, if you're not sure about 'part of something', then don't assume the sentence 'Making mistakes is part of learning' is incorrect. 

I suggest you look it up in a dictionary if you're not sure about a collocation, a word or an idiom. Your English improves whil

Yes, it's an idiom which means 'have a secret idea or plan that you intend to use later' or 'have a surprise plan or solution (to a problem)'.

You may have something good or bad in your sleeve, for example, you may try to cheat by having a card hidden in your sleeve:)  I hope you have something great for a puzzling problem or a situation, though. 

You could write a short paragraph by using the idiom - it can be fun if you really get the picture. Here's a sample paragraph for you:

I'm waiting for Ex

Yes, you got it - it means 'it's too difficult for me to understand'. Hey, don't get me wrong - it's not that 'what you wrote is all Greek to me':)

In fact, I'm trying to learn more about medical terminology (medicine English) - a mouthful! Some of the terms are just too long or too difficult to pronounce - they are driving me up the wall! 

Some of the words are just Greek while some are derived from Latin. It can be so hard to memorize them - unless you've got an amazing or insanely good memory!

D

My friends! Taking part in Onee's game "Guess my Word" has just prompted me an idea of this challenge. Well, my idea is the following. I will give you the list of words describing our appearances and characters and will ask you to describe some person. It would be nice if you describe not only positive but also negative personalities, men as well as women. So, your creativity is limited only with the lenght of your compositions for us to be able to correct your mistakes. So, here is the list of

Did you read Josef's  'MyEC Recommended Features' for this month? I hope so - if you've just checked your email. 

Don't miss the 'Englishclub Grammar' recommended by Josef.  I'd recommend 'Grammar Help Desk', where you can ask any question related to English grammar, and Alan, a native English teacher, will help answer it. 

You may find the 'desk' useful, especially when you're unsure about a sentence you wrote or written by others. Or, when somebody just corrected you, and you doubt whether the c

ann remarked on my comment to her blog 'alphabets' like this:

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Hi Mishaikh, your alphabet includes so many words I don't know. Do you want a writing challenge? kindly write a paragraph containing all the word in your list (if you please). I think this writing challenge is so hard.

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I have bidden to that. and here is my bid:

I was sitting on the mat in my gallery fixed on joists, of my house made of bamboo near the dam, facing the chalk white horizon where an airplane was moving to somewhe

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT

Words embroidered on the blank paper sprinkling from the fountain of brain, conscious and subconscious turn in to the reflections of thoughts, for thoughts, ‘the sky is the limit’ they are infinite.  So you can say a writer can write whatever he wants and or talk about anything he likes.  So as the aspect of life ‘love’ talking, speaking, writing about love is limitless provided one has sensitive mind and touchy heart.  Nobody can deny they do not like this side of life and h

While most of us think it's helpful to be corrected, some people might not think so. 

You may think it's embarrassing to be corrected in public - you may feel frustrated or disappointed or even offended. 

Making mistakes is part of learning, though. It's hard to imagine you'll be fluent in English without making any mistakes. So, chances are you'll make some mistakes in your writing. That is to say, the mistakes are always there whether somebody corrects you or not. So, why pretend your English wr

Igo left the company without any regret. He thought that he wouldn't get any problems by bearing the jobless status. It was probably because he had many friends and some rich relatives. Having left his luxurious flat, he continued the second week of being jobless staying at his uncle's house without any money in his pocket. He didn't try to find any other jobs.

There weren’t any of his uncle's family members at home during the day. So, he was being left alone in the house and didn’t plan to go an

Two days ago, I wanted to write this blog. Broken Windows, I wrote the title first, and I did not know what to write next. I mean what topic or subject should I talk about? By the way, do we usually write the topic first and  then we write its title, or is it the other way round? Some people say the topic and then the title. Others say the title and then the topic. However, which one of the two hypothesizes or suppositions is correct, I am in a hole and I did not know what to do. The idea or rat

Following is the blog I have written on the request of Lady Noor while she won the GUESS MY WORD puzzle solving it by finding the correct word ERR.

In this blog I have tried to use almost all synonyms of ERR. You people have to decide how far I am successful in my attempt.  Thanks,

There is no chance to ERR.

I am surprised that you have asked me to advice in the matter of love your friend trying to persuade you in spite that he is married. 

I will not be erring if I may stop you from going into any

He has to go to a secret island. He doesn’t know anything about the island. A man said to him that he knew everything about that mysterious island, he said: “There isn’t any water or food there, and you can’t find any shelter. There aren’t any medical facilities and first aid, so it is necessary for you to buy a big backpack and all required thins before going on this trip”.

But another man said: “I know the secret island very well, there isn’t any shortage of water, food, housing, medical care i

"Hello, hello,  is anybody here? No answer! It seems someone is inside the house but no one comes to show up. Can anyone hear me? Listen, I am a passer by, coming from far away and I need help''.

" Hey, what do you want?'' Finally someone peeped out the window. ''  Thanks, you finally came up, I need some water. Have you any water?'' "'Oh, yes, man, I have  some. Okay, come in."

Then, the passerby stepped into the house. It was such a hot day, perspiration formed on his forehead. Mr. cafi asked, '

Expector's Blog Challenge: the uses of 'any'

Do I have any belief that she doesn’t have any grudge or anger against me?  I haven’t done anything which might have any cause to hurt her feelings. Then why isn’t she paying any heed to me.  Am I nothing for her?  Don’t I have any right to explain myself?  Aren’t there any feelings in her for me. What I would do to draw her attention to revive our relationship?  I will not be erring if I act in any way to prove my devotion, dedication and love. Or is