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I still wonder about the use of "shall". It is rarely to be used. We use "should" (past form of shall) and "will" so often instead of "shall". As suggestion and offer,,

Onee: "Hi Expector, thanks for giving these tips on modals"

Expector: "Hi Onee, you're welcome. You could try to make a short dialog or paragraph" (suggestion)

Onee: "I will try. But it requires time a bit long for me. I guess you may get bored waiting this slow student" (probabilities)

Expector: "It's no problem. You have no time li

Modal verbs or modal auxiliary verbs or modals can be so tricky or confusing. If used correctly, though, modals can make our writing more vivid. Do you think you can correctly use such words as can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought to, need, dare, used to? If not, let's try to learn how to use them. So, here comes this writing challenge.  

English tips on modals

1. Possibility: can, could, may, might

2. Probability or certainty: should, ought to, must, will, cannot or can'

Writing is my favourite therapy. I am crazily obsessed with writing and I consider it an incredible, amazing way, how to express myself. It gives me so much and takes just one thing – my time. However, I don't regret. Time I invest in writing is not wasted, since I spend it on something meaningful ,what will remain here forever, what my kids, their kids will be able to read after many years when I am gone. It makes me feel good to share via writing my emotions, ideas, to show others who I am, wh

Setitedor

Meaning: it consists of two words seti that is the first part of my name then Ted which is my favorite site for its amazing ideas, new perspective that each person has towards different topics, and sharing their unique story. So this word means a person who is fiercely interested in Ted Talks.

Example sentences:

If you are a setitedor go to Ted Talk site, there you can find lots of interesting stories and speeches.

Maybe one day you share your story or your fascinating idea with other Seti

When I was a student of senior high school, I often went to my friend’s house after school. Going to her house, I would go across a small and short bridge. It is a paved road and its shape is like a small hill. So, before I got onto the bridge, I couldn't see anything in front of me.

I liked to bring my music player to school since I was fond of music. At that time, I still used walkman and cassette. I listened to music when break time. But, several times I saw that there were my friends who were

I was eating one of my favourite fruits, persimmons, when it struck me that Malaysians always giving weird names to things/fruits/vegetables. The thing is that, those names didn't reflect anything about those things/fruits/vegetables that they want to describe. In here, I want to share with all of you some of those weird names that we are giving to normal things/fruits/vegetables.

1. Persimmons

Persimmons is also known as the 'fruits of God'. In Malay, we call it 'pisang kaki'. 'Pisang' means bana

expectorsmither

Meaning: a blog or blogger 

Example sentences:

1. Try to write more expectorsmithers to sharpen your writing skills. 

2. Expectorsmithers should be creative - don't try to copy things from the Internet. 

Oringin: Expector Smith is the blog moderator on MyEC. He's not really an English teacher or a native English speaker, though. He loves English so much that he's been a volunteer mod with MyEC for such a long time. He's been trying to write more blogs, and read blogs by other members

Rysism

Meaning:

Rysism is a moderately rare disease which renders the affected person over-sensitive about grammar and spelling issues. Rysism has an accute form especially in chatrooms and can be irritating when chatters care little about the way sentences are constructed and the wordings spelled. 

Examples of Rysism in everyday usage:

1 - Man, that dude's Rysisim made our chat lame.....caramba!!

2- Hey,man, skip that Rysism and let me babble how I want!

Origin:

The name of this irritating malady deri

Erwinism

Meaning: An ism with an ability to determine what to do in the context of useful things.

For example:

1. When Krishna is faced with some activities where he has to choice one of them. He thinks, and finds Erwinism in his mind. In the result, he knows what he to do.
2. There are many peoples that doing activity, but they do not do some useful things. In the contrary, Andrew has an Erwinisme principle in his life.

Origin:

Erwin Dwi Putra is an undergraduate in one of the private universities in Indon

L u c i c t o p u s

Meaning: BrE, AmE [lutsiktəpəs] Prounounciation

Example:

1. If a partner of the lucictopus woman doesn't appreciate her, he will be treated very badly.

2. Once you reach a lucictopus state, your life will turn upside down.

Origin: Luci is a mom of two little kids, who is busy almost 24/7. Since she lives on her own, she must usually

Writing Challenge ~ My Eponym

My Eponym

danbritanisation

Meaning: the aptitude to feel familiar with the British accent even when you're not a native speaker.

For example:

1. Even though Rob was born and lived many years in Brazil, he always felt a danbritanisation, when talking to your English father;

2. Mary travelled the world in search of a special boyfriend, who is an authentic Londoner. Now, she's struggling to develop her danbritanisation.

Origin: Daniel is a self-taught English student, blogge

My Eponym = mistory

Meaning: Plot of a story suddenly comes, which you immediately write and wish to share with your readers.

For example:

1. I let my friends know the plot of ‘mistory’ via social media, the immediate response I received, “publish it at once ‘dude!”

2. The best ‘mistories’  come to me when my heart feels gloom and miss something/someone.

Origin: mishaikh (mi sheikh) is a Pakistani, student (in the sense of a learner) and an humble blogger on EC  who always tries to pick the knowled

We have a new vocabulary reference section on EnglishClub:Eponyms. An eponym is a word (usually a noun) that comes from a person's name. The person may be real or fictional/mythological.

Many English words are eponyms. You probably know some of them, such as atlas, braille, and cardigan. This month, we're going to invent words based on our own names! Please join me in the fun. 

Your Task 

1. Review a few of the eponyms in EnglishClub's list. 

2. Think of something YOU are known for or are good at. D

Today marks the 4^th anniversary of the March 11th,  2011 Tōhoku earthquake.  On this day in 2011 the strongest recorded earthquake to ever hit Japan struck off the coast near Sendai, Japan.

All over Japan people will honor those who died in the earthquake and subsequent tsunami.  Today at 2:46 PM  local time we will all pause for prayer or reflection on the losses suffered on that day 4 years ago.  It makes me very sad to think of the deaths and injuries that happened that March afternoon.  More

Road accidents, very common sights today, result from several causes. Firstly, the recklessness of drivers often causes the loss of lives and properties. Secondly, inadequate traffic rules and inefficient traffic policemen are sometimes responsible for road accidents. Thirdly, overloaded transports are also causes of accidents.Fourthly, narrow roads create hindrances to the smooth movement of vehicles, and accidents occur. Fifthly, mechanical failures, such as faulty brakes and bald tyres are at

Dear All, I just did not want to miss this chance to miss to greet the women all around the world..

Women has been the base of mother Earth, without them, it is impossible to get birth and see the colours of this wonderful earth.

The dedication and contribution of women in the society is incredible. Women is a true example of creation. She has the power and ability to turn a house into home by giving invaluable love and affection to each and every members of family.

The respect and gratitude for al

I remembered a year ago, I woke up to the same sunny morning as today. The birds were chirping happily. But unlike that day a year ago, today I woke up knowing the unknown, unsolved issue of the disappearance of MH370. A year ago, even though the day was sunny, but my heart was filled with much sorrow. I cried a river. The whole day I was glued to the tv. I browsed through the net, and read anything and everything. Nothing was the same anymore. A year on, we are yet to find the closure. 

How hard

Every computer has its processor, so when it comes to human body, I personally consider our brain incredible and hardworking processor. It controls so many functions such as move, sight, hearing, language, furthermore brain also contains centers, which are responsible for the memory, emotions, intelligence, motivation etc. There used to be a myth in the past, that we use only 10% of our brain but it is totally wrong because nowadays is known that we use almost all the capacity it provides. You m

Obelusa was a great and wealthy African hunter who had 3 sons.  One day Obelusa was killed while hunting and when news of this reached his family, the first words to come out of the youngest son’s mouth was “Where is my father?” The other sons then asked “Yes we should look for him.”  They all went out to the forest and found his body and hunting equipments.  They say that a son has the power to bring back life to his father and indeed by some strange magic Obelusa came back to life when each o

Least Brilliant: First Pig

Hello everbody,
Wow, First of all I would like to thanks everybody who voted on for me, my mother my dad and myself.
It is a pleasure to be considered the Least Brilliant character among all these untalented ones and believe me it was not easy.
As most of you might probably know I have not been working hard for a long time and this award is in fact a concrete symbol of a SO SO work and I would like to share
this So SO award with all couch potatoes who are happy for b