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This blog post is dedicated to a 'troublemaker' comma that is kind of controversial (and I love controversial topics!)

Who doesn't wanna learn some grammar on weekends?! Noone!, right? :D
So this is me coming right in time, one more time.   Let's go!

The Oxford Dictionary describes the Oxford Comma (aka 'serial comma') as "an optional comma before the word 'and' at the end of a list."

Not to use the Oxford comma can sometimes cause strange misunderstandings:

"I love my parents, Lady Gaga and Obama.

“I started doing it at the tender age of six. Once having tried it, I couldn’t quit. All my thoughts were about it, I spent my each spare minute doing it. I felt ashamed of myself. Other boys were playing football in the yard but I was in my room engaged in my favourite pastime. I just couldn’t stop doing it! Soon it became my mania: I started doing it at night, under the blanket, so that my parents wouldn’t catch me doing it. But my father noticed it. He said that he had the same addiction and

HOW TO FALL IN LOVE 

In the ocean of love 
In the temple of heart 
Ever dive or get into to know 
How to fall in love 

Ever two hearts are  unite 
With just similarity of thoughts 
It is heard….people say 
Just taking one name 
The heart beat gets high. 

Ever get into the Ocean of fire 
Then you will know 
How to fall in love. 

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Explanation:

The poet is saying to the readers whether they know how to fall in love.  To understand love one should have to dive in the ocean of lo

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Learn the pronunciation of this poem and your pronunciation will become better than 90% of native speakers!!!!

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There exists a ginormous area so unfathomably (without fathom- repeat 'unfathomable' five times fast. I dare ya!) large that human beings call it "space".

It takes the moon and a whole ocean to erase your mere footprints on the sand.

Light has traveled nearly 93 million miles unobstructed, but it is deprived of reaching the ground in the final few feet by your shadow. 

The night sky is not a single moment. It's a mélange of time; billions of years in breadth. 

Plus, not all starlight 

is the same

It was raining heavily and she was in a hurry to go to college. She fell down near the college and got wet from head to toe. She came back home angrily and didn't attend her class that day.

I woke up early today as usual. I was feeling something boggling my mind. What was that, a dream, a nightmare, or just some thoughts. I have always with one thought or the other or sometimes many thoughts at a time. They are just like the beloved who is loved so deeply that never depart. I went to the wash room, start brushing my teeth, I saw myself in the mirrors the curiosity was there in my eyes. Some questions were wavering either in my eyes or they were reflecting from the mirror.

I tried to

You may have noticed that there are so many native English speakers here on MyEC and most of them may actually be native English teachers. 

I really enjoy reading their blogs and comments - I do appreciate all their great work here. I'm glad so many of them are trying to teach us English - I take my hat off to them!

Don't you think they are of great help? Do you think it's one of the attractions of MyEC, or can you think of a MyEC without native English speakers? And, which native speaker(s) here

Hi fellas! 

Welcome to rebus puzzles, part II. Bum! Brrum! Brrrumble!!!! You probably need to know what on earth is a rebus. I will not bore you with the details. Here's a link to part I. Check it out: 

Ask Inspector Rebus!

Okay, now let's get to work.

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Piece of cake, right?

Ooh, ooh!!! Please do not forget to use them in sentences.

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHA...

Add color to the English language. How? You can use literary devices—idioms, similes and metaphors to name a few. Easy peasy! Writers and speakers use them to highlight an idea, or feature a certain characteristic of a person they're describing. A simile is a very powerful way to describe a character. Poets and writers can use them in their writings. Why can't you? How about some animal similes? 

• As sly as a fox

As timid as a rabbit

• As meek as a lamb

• As fast as a cheetah

Ah, the irony...

• As graceful

Hello Again everyone,

A few days ago I wrote a blog just because I wanted to practice my writing skill. It wasn't a very interesting blog and when I posted it I was sure that hardly anyone would read it or comment on it. However, the response was beyond my expectations and I'm so grateful to all of you for your priceless kindness.

My previous experience has given me the hope that sometimes even meaningless ranting could be a way to practice and improve writing skill and I'm so happy about that.

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Steamed Fish with Chunks of Tofu

A few days ago, I was able to listen to a podcast from BBC Learning English website about chunks of language.

Chunks of language (as defined by BBC Learning English) are groups of words that naturally go together. They are fixed expressions used by native speakers of English. They can't be usually changed.

Based on my observation, you can find chunks of language through reading news articles and by watching English TV shows or movies. Idioms, sayings, and fixed coll

1) At railway station, she was looking for her beloved, the most beloved one ever in the world, anxiously and impatiently lost in the vicinity of the station

2) Suddenly, her ears caught the voice of her beloved one shouting "mom! Mom!

3) She inhaled the breath of peace offering prostration of thank to God the Almighty

A rebus is a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters; for example, apex might be represented by a pic of an ape followed by a letter X. Kinda fun, huh? Now, let's make it really clear. Can you guess this one?

Bingo! That's Hamlet's iconic quote "To be or not to be". Now that you got the general idea, try to solve these:

Ooh, almost forgot. Use them in sentences, please. Cue Evil laugh!!! 3:]

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Let me know if you're interested. I'll post a fol

1) He was Fed up with taking care of his old mother and carried her on his back to leave her in a distant valley.

2) On his way, he fell down and hurt his leg.

3) He heard that his mother was mumbling:" Oh my dear son. Let me bandage your leg."

Hurieh, March 19th/ 2016

Camilla lives in a big apartment.

Angela lives in a hot apartment.

Tom lives in a cold apartment.

Camilla lives in a red apartment.

Angela lives in a pink apartment.

Tom lives in a grey apartment.


Camilla has a big pen.



Angela has a black pen.

Tom has an old pen.


Camilla has a red bag.



Camilla's bag is old.

Angela has a pink bag.

Angela's bag is not old.

Tom has a black bag.

Tom's bag is not old.



Tom is hot.



Tom wants a fan.



Camilla's fan is grey and old.


Tom is