That was my first visit to USA. I took Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong) Airline. This airline have a short stopover at Bangkok. There was an old lady sitting on a seat in one or two rows yonder of mine. She could not speak English, only her native and Urdu. I heard her talking to her neighbor from which I understood that she was also going to USA to see her son.
The Bangkok stopover arrived and the passengers whose destination was Bangkok st
It was my mother who said I should walk to my class that day when I started to take my scooter out. She thought I rode my scooter fast and was worried I might get into an accident.
It was Anju who said we should take the shortcut when we were coming back from our class. It was almost 8.30 p.m. We were walking down a deserted narrow lane. No one seemed to be around.
Suddenly Divya whispered to us, "I think someone is following us."
"What?!?" I panicked.
"Shhh...don't shout. Just walk fast," Divya s
Ghost Paranoid
“You had ‘ghost paranoid’? You mean you was afraid of spirits of death people?” it was my professor who asked when we were talking in the library, waiting for our next class. I had approached him while sitting with his book, it was The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra that occupied him, what the!? My dumb sense was tingling, I must be on his level to understand such kind of book. I asked him if we could discuss a bit about dificulties I had found on his subject. I forgot what it wa
Blog Challenge: It is/was...that(who) Cleft Sentences
I was not the one who parted away. It was her who phoned me a few days ago that she was leaving me. It was me who shocked to hear that no relationship now existed between me and her. There remain only the ruins of memories. How I was happy to meet her. She was the one who made me join the group of her friends. I was not the one to be responsible that her close friend was attracted towards me. It was me who never minded her talking with
Yes, this type of sentence is called 'cleft sentences' - a kind of emphasis. This structure can be used to emphasize almost any part of a sentence.
For example, if we want to give importance to one part of this sentence: Expector enjoyed reading Tara's weekly news. We can use the structure 'It is/was...that(who)...':
--It was Expector who enjoyed reading Tara's weekly news.
--It was Tara's weekly news that Expector enjoyed reading.
Let's try to write a blog post to practice the structure - it can be
The burning question is, "What do you think is the best section on EC that has made your English learning improved? Why?"
Like some of you may had known or gauged that I'm an old member of EC. I stumbled upon EC when I was in South Korea for three months way back in 2006. I became like the prodigal daughter of EC somewhat when I left it for a few times but always came back like a bad penny. If I had to answer this question during my previous life in EC, the answer would be different.
Previously, m
Have you joined Tara's Weekly News group? Some of you may even have failed to notice it.
Tara is no longer the admin here on MyEC, but is still the host of the Weekly News here. So the good news is you can still learn and improve your English by reading and listening to the news Tara rewrites and records.
I know there are so many fans of Tara. Yes, I love her English too.
Some members here keep arguing that it can be so boring to keep learning the basic rules of English. They mean they need somet
I think this is the good chance for me to accept The Writing Challenge from Lady Anne. The topic was raised very nice and quite intriguing, because I am sure that all of members here have ever felt of those questions containing from this challenge. Please enjoy the time for reading my first blog of Writing Challenge :).
Let me say, I am a new member (an active member) since last last year, although admin
Question: What do you think is the greatest problem that EC is facing today? Explain
I take this question as a serious question, so I will give a serious answer. I hope Sir Josef and moderators will pay attention to this.
Answer: To think about the greatest problem on EC, I only concern the blog section. A blog should have been organized as paragraphs. If there was a photo or video, it should be only for further information. Recently, there are members who ONLY post photos and videos on blog. Once
1. What do you think is the greatest problem that EC is facing today? Explain.
2. If you have the chance to speak to Josef Essberger about the state of English environment in this club, what would you tell him?
3. If there is one thing you can do to change a section in this club, what will it be? Why?
Ans.
Apparently there may be no big problem in EC which is worry-able for the Admin of EC, but in fact there is a very big problem which EC is facing, and it is, that the platform of EC is being use
Yes, you can put it this way: Whose writing here do you enjoy the most?
I mean 'on MyEC' by 'here'. This is not exactly one of the questions offered by Lydy Anne in her writing challenge, but it's directly connected to them.
I've really enjoyed Tara's writing here, should it be her writing challenges, comments or messages. Yes, you got it: my type:)
Tara is a native English teacher, writer or novelist. Her writing is so readable, or you can call it 'plain English' - not exactly means 'simple', ev
The best section in EC which in my opinion has made my English learning improved is “blogging”. Like I have already explained in one of my previous blogs that blogging is said to post (publish) a writer’s own experiences, observations, opinions feelings on a website or in a forum for the benefit of the readers. Since I know that my writing is going to be read,
The most awaited part of any beauty pageant is the question and answer portion. It is where the contenders give their best answers to try to impress the judges for what they think as their final opportunity to shine. Their answers usually leave an imprint that elicits differing views from the famous and the infamous people of the world.
Here in EC, let’s have a prototype example of the question and answer portion in view of the last Miss Universe 2015 beauty pageant held just recently. Posted
Hello folks,
I want to read 20 books by the end of 2015th year.
So, I have started creating list, but didn't complete it yet.
I want to ask you, folks, write your suggestions and reccomendations, what book you liked, and why you liked it.
My list for now is:
1. Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (done)
2. The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (done)
3. The Night in Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque (done)
4. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (done)
5. Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hanss
Hi, everybody! I want to thanks to Tara Bewell for help us in our learning and I wish all the best in her goals. I think we all hope a Change in our lives for the next year 2,016.
I am happy because here in my country we had major events. One of the most great activities done this year were the of demonstrations of strikes against the government. These demonstrations were peaceful. I share with you a photo about demonstrations it was taken front of the government building.
I am glad because people
This is the first time I'm into a writing challenge
It is an interesting theme, and since the moment is perfect to make a conclusion of my resolution,so here I am.....
My word of the year 2016 is 'OPPORTUNITY'
Why this word become a word of the year 2016 for me? I have the story behind that word, this word effect me a lot these days
First of all, For the last 3 years I have been working on something that I believed could make a good impact of my life.
I studied hard to make my dream comes true, I d
I Know myself well. Whenever I decide to do something for new year I’m not strong-willed enough to obtain my goals. At first, I try hard to pursue my goals but soon I got bored and lost my interest.
I haven’t chosen any goal for the new year yet, but I hope to have will-power to reach my goals. The most important thing in obtaining goals is will-power.
I have been thinking for quiete a long time, which word I should choose, which word would the best represent my resoulutions. Of course, one thing is to make a wish, the second one to follow it, right? :-D Well.. I have decided to change myself little bit. Yes, I am talking about my character, nature - whatever we call it. Let's see, if I succeed or fail :-p
My word of the year 2016 is : P A T I E N C E
Why this word? You know, I am a very impatient person and it causes me the problems and complic
The change of year Gregorian calendar or usually we call it as ‘new year’ identic with something called ‘resolution’. As I know days are same, they consist of 24 hours daylight and night, I wonder what kind of ’RE-solution’ people are talking about? Are they have problem that haven’t resolute yet a year before? Sometimes it crossed my mind as wishing, to get what they didn’t get it yet, if they did, it’s time to set another new goal then.
This year which will end up soon is a very special year, y
What do you know about Mother’s Day?
Mother’s Day is commemorated to appreciate the important roles of mother within family and social environment. Every 22 December Indonesia celebrate this day as Mother's Day, the date itself was determined by Soekarno (The first President of Indonesia) based on Indonesian’s histories and now I will not go into detail for the chronicle of Indonesia related to this theme. Generally some countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Mal
