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My friends, I decided to post this blog to explain how to use so called inclusives as the sentence with one of them causes a lot of problems on my current test. I came across such mistakes in many blogs and it is time to tell you about such constructions.

The expressions not only ... but also, both ... and, and as well as mean in addition to. Like entities must be used together (noun with noun, adjective with adjective, etc.). All forms must be parallel.

NOT ONLY... BUT ALSO

The correlative conjun

Do you know anything about your ancestors? Have you ever been interested in getting to know something more about them? As I am curious person with a quite good detective abilities, I got totally excited when I came to know that our registers in the archives are online on the Internet. Ehm… What does it mean?

The thing is that the books where are written the dates of births, parent's name of newbie, their occupation, name of their parents, date of wedding, date of death etc. - this all you can che

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,

while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” 
― Lao Tzu

Good day folks, once I was asked to write about love, and I really don't have any idea what to write, because I don't have an idea of what is love?

I could copy 100 quotes about love, people would say good job as well, press some likes... and nothing. What writing gives us? For me, I feel good being able to share what is in my mind, it is king of relieve your brain, or mind. Relieving your

Hi readers, on this occassion

Too young sometimes too naive !

Yes, my thought is too young before i get married. I think a lot of people have same feeling. I become more mature after marriage.

i was a half loser in marriage, because my shedule is totally different with my husband. i get up at 6 a.m--- sleep at11 p.m. While my husband get up at 4 p.m--sleep at 3 am. ok, it is no problem.i can endure it.

The big problem is: My husband never work. He go out drinking and smoking at night;  Sleep in the day, watch TV at home all day

Dear friends, I have been asked more than once to write a blog about the gerund and the infinitive. You know there are some verbs and adjectives followed by the gerund as well as the verbs and adjectives followed by the infinitive only. But the problem is that the lists from different sources are not exactly the same. So, I decided to choose the lists from the TOEFL Preparation Guide.

Some verbs can be followed either by the gerund or by the infinitive with no change in meaning:

to begin

can’t stan

I think the worst white page syndrome I ever had was when I started writing the college essay. I just didn’t want to sound like everybody else! It turned myself into knots for weeks to find the right way to get started.

In the end, I think I compared me gaining knowledge like the rising sun. Yep, I went that way. Man, I have no idea how I got into the college of my choice. Like that hasn’t been written ten thousand and two times before. What would have helped is if I would have known what some of

Life is unpredictable. At times it plays with us, exactly like it played with me today in the morning. I guess some of you know I have two kids (7 years old boy and 4 years old girl), so our mornings are usually pretty hectic. If I am not too tired, I prepare as much as I can in the evening to avoid stress or some unexpected moments in the morning as we all are in a hurry. Today we woke up, kid's clothes were prepared, I made breakfast etc., to sum it up... everything went smoothly. However, yea

Yes, I mean you could try guessing the meaning of a word that is unfamiliar to you. In fact, that is one of the reading skills. That is, you can try to understand what a sentence or paragraph means without looking up the unfamiliar words in the dictionary. 

Try guessing the meaning of the words highlighted in bold:

1. 'The patient's care may be jeopardized, and the patient may be harmed.'

2. 'The health professional has a right to financial remuneration from the patient.'

3. 'No one at that time cou

My friends, I see that one of the sentences on my last test turned out to be a true toughie! What a great sentence! It has already made me write my “nightmare blog” and makes me write one more blog as we all buy some clothes/footwear from time to time and should know the appropriate vocabulary. Some EC members may think I went nuts, such things are well-known! Yes, they are, but if you read what I did, you will agree it is time to tell learners what words and expressions to use speaking about sh

The old man was having lunch after his work at his farm when a car stopped in front of the front door of his farmhouse. He wondered because no one from the village would use the small street because they knew it as an one ways street. Its end is only few metres far from the house. "Maybe a stranger who got lost", thought the old man. He did not pay any further attention. He took a second portion soup from the sauce pan and wanted to continue eating.

A laughter of a child as bright as a bell made

My friends, the idea of this blog is not mine. One of our learners, our dear Bet, asked me why not to write a story based on the mistakes you all make in your comments, blogs, my tests and so on.  I liked the idea at once as I usually joke about your mistakes trying to show what you say.

Well, for you to understand my humor, I am writing the wrong sentences together with my explanations.

1. “I tried my pants”. This mistake hadn’t been corrected until I said the correct answer. To TRY may mean to TAST

Since I lived in the countryside when I was young, I remembered very well about the rooster’s crowing. Especially when I had to start out early, my diligent and kind mother would judge the time of day by rooster’s crowing, prepare breakfast and solid food in advance, and then wake me up.