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Of course, we need language to communicate. Some may argue that you can communicate in other ways: gestures, symbols, sounds ... It's true. But still the most perfect form of communication for humans is a language, as in a person mind with a word is related an object or phenomenon.

The concept of "communication" is much broader than just a conversation with someone or with buddies. We communicate also with writing - through books, essays, custom papers, stories and so on. After all, the informati

Linguists and biologists in 2015 created two more theories that are related to the emergence of human language, supposedly descended from "an animal." Shigeru Miyagawa connects the emergence of human language with the merger of the two systems, the first - expressive (like singing birds), the second - lexical (cries of monkeys, who warned of the dangers). Other authors came another suggestion, even though that is quite difficult to construct sentences (syntax), this skill appeared much earlier t

Dear friends! Today I am posting the test on the prepositions of time as I promised you yesterday. Your task is the same as in two previous blogs. You should fill in blanks with the prepositions of time. In the brackets are some explanations in italic. They are supposed to help you find the correct answers. Of course, we will help you as usual.

So, here is the test.

1. I have a day off ___ a day. (the day after tomorrow)
2. The negotiations will take place ___Tuesday morning.
3. The conference will be held _

My dear friends and wonderful students!  I see the tasks where you should choose the right option are too easy for you! So, I’ve decided to give you more creative task. In this test you should find two synonyms of the given words. I think your task is clear. Also, I hope you will not crib from the dictionaries and from each other. Of course, if you are not sure what some given word means, you should check it out, but you should try to find the synonyms yourself. However, if you even look them up

  A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death
at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his
subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and
more
helpless. When they saw him on the point of death they thought to
themselves: "Now is the time to pay off old grudges." So the Boar
came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him
with his horns; still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the
Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turni

TOUCHY HEART!

Once a rich man had some spare time to watch movie.  That was the story, filmed very effectively, of a poor little girl.  She was so poor that she had to beg for food to eat.  In the move it was shown that people were mistreating her and scolding to get lost seeing her poor filthy dress.  The rich man had been crying throughout the movie seeing the miserable condition of the girl.  When the movie was over the rich man was still crying while he was coming out of the theatre. 

He went

THE MOST BIZARRE:

On March 23 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and
concluded that he died from a gunshot wound of the head caused by a shotgun.

Investigation to that point had revealed that the deceased had jumped from
the top of a ten story building with the intent to commit suicide (he
left a note indicating his despondency). As he passed the 9th floor on the way
down, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast through a window, killing
him instantly. Neither the shooter no

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others,
including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the
island would sink, so all constructed boats and left.
Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold
out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, 
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Ri

While Dad was polishing his new car .His 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on
the side of the car.In his anger, Dad took the child's hand & hit it many
times, not realizing he was using a wrench.
At the hospital, his child said 'Dad when will my fingers 
grow back?Dad was so hurt .He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times.Sitting back he looked at the scratches, child wrote ' 'I LOVE YOU DAD '    ,,, 'Anger and Love has no limits .

There was a boy who was always losing his temper.
His father gave him a bag full of nails and said to him,
“My son, I want you to hammer a nail into our garden
fence every time you need to direct your anger 
against something and you lose your temper.” 
So the son started to follow his father’s advice. 
On the first day he hammered in 37 nails,
but getting the nails into the fence was not easy,
so he started trying to control himself when he got .
As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails,
and w

My dear friends! As my previous test turned out to be TOOOOO easy for you, I have decided to come up with more complicated task. This time you should choose the right homonym.

Homonyms are words that are pronounced almost exactly alike but that differ considerably in meanings. So, your task is to choose the homonym that makes sense in each of the following sentences.

1. Why does moden music have such a strange /(a) affect, (b) effect/ on you?
2. Most buildings have /(a) stationery, (b) stationary/ walls

there is lots of fun in learning new languages , Specially English has a lot of fun and experience for me , I have learned my English not from any school nor language institute , I have learned it just through interacting with other English learner by Skype and other Stuff , During my learning journey i met very nice people from different country and culture who has same aim like me , in my opinion there is no specific path and method to learn new language except your own style therefore i deci

I noticed many my.EC members are using their real name. They write it fully, half of it, nick name only and maybe using abbreviation of their name. That’s no fancy for me, but when it comes to such a philosophy's name, I wonder why did that person choose that name. I hope I am not alone here so I post this to know if some people here feel the same with me. Long time ago I’ve got an experience relate to this, here is it.

Don’t judge a book by its cover, I think i should apply this idiom more often

Yesterday I was sorting out my papers and came across a sheet of paper with those notes that I had copied  from somewhere I don't remember. I even forgot that I had that list. I thought it was worth sharing . I wonder if you'd object to any of those rules:

1 Forgive
2 Always do your share and a little more.
3 A person never looks so tall as when he stoops to help another.
4 Smile when introducing yourself.
5 Have a firm handshake.
6 Be the first person to say "hello".
7 Always buy whan little kid

We all know that studying isn't that fun, well, unless you are a nerd. But you can always make it fun. And when you enjoy studying, there is a higher chance of learning more information then when you are just forcing yourself to learn something. But how can you make it fun? Easily. Check out these tips. I bet you will find them fascinating.

• LISTEN TO MUSIC

Well, you shouldn't play hard rock at full volume. But, still, if it isn't going to be a hindrance, why not listen tot he music you love?

• TRY US

My dear friends! I see you have some problems with using English prepositions. Tomorrow I will post the correct answers to the first test. And now, I'd like to propose you one more test on prepositions. Your task is the same: just fill in blanks with the prepositions only. Don't try to fill them with some other words like nouns, verbs, etc. Besides, you can't change the text.

So, here is your new task.

____ the summer, we went___ vacation ___ Miami. We stayed ____ a lovely motel there. ____ the mo

Homework is the part and parcel of every students’ life. This academic exercise begins at a very early age and continues till the student studies. Thus, one cannot escape from this work. This practice started in order to ensure students studying at home and indulging in self-study. Many times, the students do not pay attention to their studies apart from what is done in the classes and in today’s highly competitive times, it is not enough. Thus, the teachers assign work that needs to be done at

From the history most of the sensitive people have spent their lives sad. If you want to be happy Have the courage or just be insensitive. (Jon Elia)

I went to the sea

to ask about you

Climbed  steep mountains

to find you

Wondering into the woods

Asked neighbors

made several phone calls

Silence was there

Many days passed by

 Pretending to forget

Then the Summer breeze told me

 yesterday you went to the brook

to hear  my voice.