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Last week I went to the books market to buy some books. I bought Jameel-Uddin-Aali's "Aadmi". I already have his "Urmghan-e-Aali". I also bought Dan Brown's Inferno in spite I have already read this book. I already have his "Deception Point" Angels and Demons, The Digital Fortress, The Davinci Code (Special illustrated Collector’s Edition), Lost Symbol. I already have the seven books of Harry Potter though this fancy seems to be for children, but it has fascinated the grownups, too. I am very fo

Yes, you got it! It's an idiom meaning 'now is a good time to do something'.

Some members here, including me, were having trouble accessing MyEC the other day. Some of them may have taken an easily accessible MyEC for granted until they experienced the connecting problem. Now, thankfully, everything seems to have been back to normal here on MyEC. It feels so wonderful that we can get in to and enjoy MyEC again.

What I'm saying is we should make good use of MyEC. You could post a blog, leave a comm

I want to make friends with you. Sounds familiar, right?

At lease we come across with it in virtual world so often.  It got me thinking what it really means to make friends on net.  What do you expect from someone that you choose to be your friend? Is it important to you where does he or she come from? Does it matter what is his or her religion? How about his gender? His job, his marital state and so on.

For me it is kind of exciting to make friends from all over the world, because it would give m

No matter how desperately down you are, no matter how grey is your each and every day, no matter how many sleepless and stressful nights you went through or how much you regret....just… don't let your hope die. Once you burry your hope, you burry your soul and alive body with dead soul is in fact - dead YOU.

At times it might be hard to keep your hope up and of course it is easier to give up on everything, to immerse yourself somewhere down into the bottom of all the worst experiences, to lock yo

Hi Mom,

Happy mothers day!!! I know I couldn't make you happy in many ways. I couldn't be a doctor or something you desired for a long time. However, you always loved me. I don't know how you love me so much. 'Love' can be a single word but there is more to say when I think of you. You cared me when I was sick. I can't describe all other things you done for me. I just want to tell you that I love you more than I can describe in words. In all conditions and tough times of my life, I will always re

English, perhaps like every other language, has many words with identical or similar meanings. They are called synonyms.

Think of the words, approximately and about. As synonyms, you can choose either word in most cases, so my advice is to choose the simpler of the two.

Here is an example paragraph of simple words (in brackets) that could be used instead.

There are numerous (many) words that are synonyms and often you can choose the simple (easy) word over the complex (harder) word. Doing this help

All relationships you maintain go under a contract. If your friend does a favor to you, he may expect a favor from you when he is in trouble. Relationship builds up with wife though a written contract. All though our life, such relationships are fostered under contract. Some contracts are clearly written and some are not. To have a successfull relationship, we have to abide by rules that we bear in our mind, or write on the paper. There is one relationship in this world that doesn't care for any

This is the RESULT of your MAJOR QUIZ which is also the last quiz for this year.  This was based on Lesson 8, 9 and 10 (Preposition) posted in the Grammarly Yours group.  

Thank you dear Learners for your warm participation.  Hope to see you again on my next lesson next year!

YOUR RESULT

For those who were'nt able to make it, may the result become an inspiration for you to continue seeking ways to perfect your English.  Answer key is given to recheck your work.

ANSWER KEY

Dear Learners,

This is your M

To become a mom is the best feeling ever. Nine months of suffering were worth it! The morning sickness, pain in the womb, dizzy feeling, mood swing, peeing at night at least twice, heartburn, feeling like big elephant, whose movement is at the end of the pregnancy kind of weird etc. are the things that can hardly make me say:

"Ohhhhhh yeahhh, I enjoyed my pregnancy!" Sincerely, my dear friends, I didn't apart from feeling moves of my baby, which gave me energy. 

However,  after process of torturin

This year, 21 EC members are vying for the highest score in the MAJOR QUIZ. Some of them have undergone a complete participation on the three lessons given in the Grammarly Yours group. They studied thoroughly and made their way to the top on the 3 quizzes.  I salute you dear learners for doing a job well done.  

This month I challenged our bloggers to write about mothers and mothering in honour of Mother's Day (May 10, 2015). Our growing writing collection is dedicated to the moms of all MyEC members as well as the MyEC members who are amazing moms themselves.

We're just getting started. Please write your post and share a link here, so I can add it to this collection.

Happy Mother's Day! 

Please follow the links to read these stories and tributes. Don't forget to leave comments for our inspiring bloggers:

For this month's Writing Challenge. Dedicated to my lil' neighbour KF, born a few hours ago to a lovely new mother and good friend. 

Advice for a Brand New Mother 

Congratulations! Your baby has finally arrived. Here is some advice for you on your first Mother's Day!

Hang Out with Your Baby

Your baby is now your first priority in life. Don't be afraid to spend too much time with your baby. The more time you spend with her now, the more independent she will be in the future. You should never feel gui

" Mother" means a lot to most of the people around the globe. I am also in that group. Though, I am not sure whether I would be able to write down something on this topic or not. Because, there is every reason to be emotional!

Okay, It would be fine, If I try to figure out how my Amma helped me to be a big girl. In true sense, she was very strict and forthright. She used to scold me as well as love me. But, she was not like me!

Yes, she was not like me. She was a brave mother. She did her best to

This writing challenge reminds me of my mother who lives far from where I live. While I was trying to write something about my mother, this question came to my mind: Do all mothers deserve a hug? Don't get me wrong - I love my mother, and in fact, I just phoned her to see if she's happy about the May Day celebration. I'm not crazy or insane, either. While everybody seems to love their mother, there are people who don't think much of their mother. If the son/daughter is:

one of the multiple childr

Wishes For My Mother

I wish you to have 20/20 vision.   It has been 30 years since you lost the sight on your left eye, it just died the doctors said, even after a cornea transplant it didn’t last long for it had exhausted itself from the nights you sit under the dull yellow light of the lamp sewing native slippers which you sell to help with our family’s expenses because dad’s salary was just not enough to feed seven children. Your world became bleak and almost formless because you always insist

When I first opened my eyes I saw you. There was something special in your eyes that I later found out it was pure love. The first scent that I smelled was yours which I could recognize it easily and it gave me calmness. I felt safe and secure in your arms.

The first song which I heard was your lullaby that you sang with your sweet voice.  It was the most beautiful song.  You fed me with every drop which came from inside of you and was filled with love.

The first word that I called was your name “

Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday, May 10. Last year many of you wrote beautiful pieces about your fathers for Father's Day. We even made a Father's Day collection. This month, I'd like to do the same for and about mothers! 

Here are some possible writing topics to explore in May. I will not assign a special format or assignment for this topic. You can choose any of the topics below (or choose your own related topic) and write a blog however you please. Then we will make a Mother's Day collect

HOW I LEARNED READING:

Prior to my school age I used to ask my mother to read story books for me. My mother had just the basic knowledge of reciting Holy Quraan, she also could read small books in our native language. Once she asked me why I would not learn how to read if I was so interested in stories. Then she taught how to read Urdu, which I learned prior to going school. My mother bought the very first book of learning Urdu Alphabets, their combination in twos or more letters to make words. M

Last night I watched a movie named “boyhood”. It was a nice movie which was about a boy named Mason and the ups and downs of his life from his sixth till his eighteenth. By watching this movie you get to live life with him and his family. Besides having some difficulties, I loved those scenes that they spend with their parents happily. There are so common things between families despite different cultures or different backgrounds; therefore in my opinion sometimes we can learn a lot of good poin

This is the RESULT of your quiz based on Lesson 8 (Prepositions of Time).  Percentage is computed by the following formula:  

                      Raw Score/Total Number of Items x 100 = %

CONGRATULATIONS to RATU, HA NGUYEN, NIDA, NEW MEMBER, RABAB and MALKEET who got the PERFECT score.  For those who were'nt able to make it, you still have your chance to shine in the next quiz.  Answer key is given to recheck your work.

ANSWER KEY

Dear Learners,

Welcome to QUIZ 8.  If you think you are not ready to