Yes, I mean 'determiners' by 'articles'. A/an is called 'indefinite article', while 'the' is called 'definite article'.
Articles can be so tricky to use, though. Sometimes you need to put an indefinite article before a noun or noun group, while sometimes you should use a definite article instead, or don't use anything, which is callled 'zero article'.
You say 'the Great Wall', 'the BBC', 'the University of London' but 'Hyde Park', 'CNN', 'Beijing University'. 'In prison' and 'in a prison' don't
This is what I found in my e-mail box this morning, sent by my cousin Anthony from Canada:
Here is a display of the charms of Mathematics
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
Most learners want their writings to be corrected by a Teacher of English, an English Native Speaker, or at least a member who's fluent in English. But you may see this rarely happen here. Have you ever thought why? Hey, who doesn’t want to be taught English freely?? Your writing may be understandable enough. Maybe it's about the language, not always the grammar. I think it would be a hard work to correct all the writings by the non-English Native Speakers. :)
You’re very enthusiastic in learning
My dear friends! I decided to join my “star husband”, Danny Clark, and to teach you some English, too. As I have been teaching English grammar and training for TOEFL for many years, you will be getting mostly grammar-based tasks from me. So, let’s start!
To begin with, here are 10 sentences. There is at least one grammar mistake in each of them. So, your task is to find the mistakes, to correct them, to explain them (if you can) and to give your examples.
For example:
The given sentence:
He left b
Dear members, you could use the next phrases to diversify your English.
For example:
Let’s go out for a dinner tonight. – Yeah, sure! I feel like a pizza.
It means that your soul wants chocolate (It is my daily phrase :) )
For example:
I am craving a big juicy steak!
For example:
I’m dying for a cup of strong black coffee.
It is more polite tha "I want"
Would you like some
During our China visit, we stayed most of the time in Tianjin. It is a port city. Our seminar was about economical development for Bangladesh. So, we visited its free trade zone, special economic zone, scientific park etc. But, of course we got chances to do shopping, eating outside and to roam around in some important places of this city.
In the very beginning most of the tress were barren. But after some days we enjoyed blossoms. Though not sure about their names. Some flowers were deep pink,
I've noticed that some members here may be tired of the blogs about learning or teaching English. They think we should try to pay more attention to those blogs which are not directly related to English learning or teaching.
Yes, MyEC is more than just a great place for learning or teaching English.
First, it's a social network. We can mingle with other people from around the world. You can communicate with others by writing blogs, uploading photos, chatting, or joining in a discussion. Sure, you
It was raining heavily and she was in a hurry to go to college. She fell down near the college and got wet from head to toe. She came back home angrily and didn't attend her class that day.
You may have noticed that there are so many native English speakers here on MyEC and most of them may actually be native English teachers.
I really enjoy reading their blogs and comments - I do appreciate all their great work here. I'm glad so many of them are trying to teach us English - I take my hat off to them!
Don't you think they are of great help? Do you think it's one of the attractions of MyEC, or can you think of a MyEC without native English speakers? And, which native speaker(s) here
He lay awake all night thinking about his neighbor. "If only I were rich, famous and handsome like him," he thought. In the morning he heard that his neighbor had committed suicide the previous night.
"Stop watching TV and pay attention to what I am saying," my mother shouted at me angrily. I quickly turned off the TV and listened to her.
"I have some work to do today. You go and pay the bills and come," she handed that month's bills to me.
I was in no mood to go out that day, but I went out and started my scooter anyway. I knew my mother would get angry if I refused and would make me pay for it later.
"Good morning, Shoba! You look very nice in that T'shirt," my neighbor called out to me.
Aun
Long time ago, there was a village boy who living with his parent and brother. He need to attend his primary school at another village. One day he saw a girl he felt in love with, much younger than him, had round face and two fish tails haired. She was a villager like him, neither pretty nor ugly, he didn’t know what was attracted him but when he saw her eyes at the day they shake hands and exchanged their names, he knew he had found true love long time before their meeting.
They were just kids a
If you really want to get a job, you need to get ready for it, so that you don't get a shock when seeing other job contestants are far better than you. It's so important that your boss get the impression you are aware and skillful at the activity you proposed to apply for. Remember that at work, you also must get permission to get into the boss' office, avoid getting drunk, and make sure your clothes don't get wet . Uniforms are the visual identity of a company. Otherwise, he will get angry ab
I guess 2016 really brings out another side of me.. In my last blog, Running Towards Happiness, I said, maybe I'm facing a mid life crisis of which I'm changing my lifestyle. Hmm... come to think of it, I think I'm having a mid life crisis at the cross road of my life. Not only nowadays I love running and hiking, that's already a total alien experience for me, but I started a new hobby, 'colouring for adults'.
Some people say it's a form of therapy, a stress release mechanism, but for me, it's j
To put it simply, collocation means 'some words are often used/placed together', for example, 'make a mistake', 'make your bed', 'do the warshing up', etc.
Some people may not agree that collocation should include idioms, fixed expressions or phrasal verbs, such as 'keep it up', 'here and there', 'shut up'. So, what's really a collocation is still arguable.
It makes sense, however, to take the time to learn about collocation if you really want to sound natural. You say 'fast food' or 'heavy smok
Yes, you can see the profile pictures or avatars of our new members in the upper-left area of the MyEC main page.
You may find there's no comment on the new member's page if you try to click on a new member's profile picture. That means nobody has visited their page, or at least, nobody has left a comment for them.
Imagine you are one of the new members or newbies who just signed up to become a member of MyEC. You don't know where to start - you could be so confused. You don't know where to find
I should like to thank Expector Smith for kindly agreeing to become Group Administrator for the Official MyEC Welcoming Committee.
This group, started by Tara, has been very helpful in encouraging members to welcome new members and "show them the ropes".
Expector and other existing group members have many good ideas on this subject. If you would like to participate, please feel free to join the group. I know that Expector - and other members - will welcome you to the Welcoming Committee :)
At the start of 2016, I said to myself to take simple things in life and be happy. I never thought that it will involve changing my life style. I never thought that I could find happiness in running and hiking too.
Like many women, I always bemoaned about my weight, while chugging down a lot of yummy food. Diet is just a fancy word, more like a myth rather than a reality. After my surgery last year, exercises are too few and far in between. Don't get me wrong. I'm not obese, though I'm not at my
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PART 1, the first time I was hospitalized. :D This time, I won’t tell you about the same case but the foolish ones that I can’t forget. :D
When I was at the college, I was a secretary of the student organization. On the active day, I went everywhere with much cash in my wallet. It was in the evening when I was home that I found there’s no wallet anymore in my back pocket of my jeans. I searched through my room, around the house, and also the park of my motorbike. No hope. I lost it. I calmly face
